barbs

1. Though the two sought to show they were putting the barbs in the past, they did not ignore the differences that they debated so hotly before the voting.

2. These long feathers had a central shaft with barbs of equal length on either side.

3. Three days of talks in March ended with both sides trading barbs and failing to reach a resolution.

4. The carnage's circumstances are still murky with the government and the opposition trading barbs over it.

5. The body language was positive for both Obama and Putin, who had traded sharp barbs in the days preceding the US president's flight to Moscow.

6. The country has also exchanged barbs recently with Vietnam and the Philippines over islands in the South China Sea.

7. Both the government and the opposition trade barbs over who is responsible for the unrelenting violence.

8. The show started with Shelton and McEntire trading barbs with each other.

9. The jawing continued during the dead ball, and Bell exchanged obscene barbs with the Minnesota bench.

10. Gone were the usual barbs from female contestants aimed at the men attempting to win their affection.