The two sides are close enough to exchange insults over captured walkietalkies.

They exchange insults toward each other until she leaves the bar, disappointing him.

The curtain opens to the throne room, where two politicians dance a lopsided waltz and exchange insults in alphabetical order.

He had to be repeatedly assured that the absence of meat was not intended as a personal insult.

And, above all, there are genuine, warm people who will take it as a personal insult if you don't enjoy the holiday of a lifetime.

All itchy feet and nervous tics, he treats each ball as a personal insult.

She took these aspects of my life as a personal insult.

They will chase back like eager puppies, almost as if it was a personal insult to have been tackled in the first place.

The rest held firm, shouting insults and slogans.

Some runners who took 7½ hours said the course was being dismantled while they were still going round and that contractors and marshals shouted insults.

Occasionally the door rattles when a passing con hits it and shouts an insult.

Family and friends of the aid workers shouted insults at the judges.

He's seen me break things and shout insults.

Ignore what you've seen on the television as they trade insults from the dispatch box.

The meeting broke up after the participants began to trade insults.

My next task in counselling was to help them to argue properly, rather than just trade insults.

They send e-mails, exchange voice messages, share photos and sometimes trade insults.

They trade insults, as they have in previous meetings, and tease each other.

Some encourage guests to show their appreciation, while others deem tipping to be the ultimate insult.

Who invented the ultimate insult of kicking sand in your face?

But it quickly became clear that my worst fear - that to call someone 'really pleasant' might have become the ultimate insult to a footballer - was unfounded.

The ultimate insult comes when a robot insists on driving - and the man responds by snapping off the robot's head and roaring off in the car.

But while a growing plethora of laws protect people from even the most petty verbal insult, what protects our inalienable right to free speech in this country?

The narcissistic and provocative play of the debuts turned itself into direct, visual, and verbal insult, and in slandering.

There are not just verbal insults.

The two performers have a great rapport, whether trading verbal insults or confronting their conflicted emotions in the highly charged duets.

The two warring managers have exchanged heated verbal insults already this season.

I didn't throw bricks at her and chase her down the street yelling insults.

Other patients yelled insults at the man.

Two yelled insults, one chose a slap and two just wanted to talk, he said.

It was customary to yell insults at whoever rose to speak to the club.