Sentence examples for punch counterpunch from inspiring English sources
Punch, counterpunch, knockout punch?
Murray takes a punch-counterpunch approach to tennis.
The back-and-forth between the two campaigns also serves to provide a constant stream of punch-counterpunch that is now demanded by the Internet-fueled media.
Their worry: that the angry tenor of the Republican primary season could carry over into the general election, leaving Mr. Romney trapped in a punch-counterpunch campaign that would limit his ability to define fundamental differences with the Democrats.
Mr. Romney and Mr. Obama have traded barbs for months, but the intensity and frequency of the punch-counterpunch have picked up considerably in the past few weeks, belying talk of an elevated discussion of big ideas that both the Romney and Obama campaigns have promised.
"Punch and counterpunch, threat and counterthreat, move and countermove".
"Botta e risposta," read Sunday night's top headline on Tuttosport.com – "Punch and counterpunch".
This was a spectacular game of punch and counterpunch that produced a frantic conclusion and the tantalizing possibility that the teams might meet again in the Final Four.
To roughly co-opt a metaphor from the late George Carlin, they are staged as violent boxing matches: arenas where candidates face off against each other and try to punch and counterpunch their way to victory.
