Verbals

Of the kids who score over 700 in the SAT verbals, which is a very high score, something like 31 percent of them go to one of the top 10 elite schools. ❋ Unknown (1994)

This is followed by the posturing and digital equivalent of the "verbals" with no contribution to the original thread. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Indeed, just about every club has a whipping boy treated to 'verbals' that would never have been heard a few years ago. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And that is the use of 'verbals' between players from opposing sides during matches. ❋ Unknown (2008)

'verbals' have been part of Ashes battles since the Bodyline series nearly 80 years ago. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As long as opponents have to resort to verbals to try and get to him he must be doing something right. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Refusing to split infinitives (a sub-heading of verbals) seems illogical to me, seeing as grammaticians/grammarians seem not to frown on ‘splitting verbs’ (specifically main verbs containing subordinate clauses from said clauses). ❋ Unknown (2009)

A little obvious in places, but always redeemed by Brooker's verbals, which soar to inspired heights in an extended description of his own face. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Questionnaires sent out to every prison were returned revealing in unrelated cases the same fabricated police verbals. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Time was when a brawl in a pub would be resolved after the verbals and the finger-wagging by an exchange of brutality with fisticuffs. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Can't we send cues about villainy through snappy dialogue and nuanced non-verbals without resorting to the lazy shortcut of exploiting and/or inciting xenophobia? ❋ Roger Sutton (2008)

Blair was ace at this, but Cameron outclasses Blair at every turn on NLP or non-verbals. ❋ Newmania (2008)

These are her moments of candour, mixed in with the game-playing verbals. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I am surprised that in all the comments about McCain's non verbals, I haven't seen one mention of his choosing to leave the podium at the end of the debate by going AWAY from Obama. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But hey, if their SAT maths had been equal to or greather than their verbals, they probably wouldn't have gone into journalism. ❋ Unknown (2009)