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Definition of Sparrings
1. sparring [n] - See also: sparring
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sparrings
Literary usage of Sparrings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Mrs. Sherwood: Being the Only Uniform Edition Ever Published in by Sherwood (Mary Martha), Mrs Sherwood (1835)
"... by sundry sparrings between Julia and Stephen, and with the exploits of Miss
Gatty, who, not being very hungry, was amusing herself in her usual manner, ..."
2. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1904)
"These gentlemen had had some sparrings in debate before, and continued ever very
hostile to each other. I prepared a draught of the declaration committed to ..."
3. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Being His Autobiography, Correspondence by Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1853)
"These gentlemen had had some sparrings in debate before, and continued ever very
hostile to each other. I prepared a draught of the declaration committed to ..."
4. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1892)
"These gentlemen had had some sparrings in debate before, and continued ever very
hostile to each other. I prepared a draught of the Declaration committed to ..."
5. The Bookman (1900)
"As for the sparrings and the disguises and the marriages and the kidnappings and
the sieges and the intrigues— they are all bewilderingly full of lusty life ..."
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