Sentences with phrase «verbal sparring matches»

There's a clever bit of character building that occurs in the verbal sparring matches between M and C, too — we see M's sense of honor and order and C's inability to care about people either as individuals or collectively.

What they got in those brief minutes at the end of each program was less debate than verbal sparring matches between two erudite intellectuals attacking the political philosophy and public record of the other and they were out for blood.

THE GIVERDirector: Phillip NoyceStarring: Brenton Thwaites, Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Alexander Skarsgard, Katie Holmes, Odeya Rush, Cameron Monaghan, Taylor Swift There's a great scene toward the end of The Giver where Oscar winners Meryl Streep and Jeff Bridges get to have a bit of a verbal sparring match.

Howard presents the fateful interview that helped secure Tricky Dick's legacy as a verbal sparring match between journalist and interviewee, turning what could have been a flat series of conversations into a genuinely tense procedural.

Another member will comment on the post in question, and that can trigger a verbal sparring match within the group.