shadow-boxing

But the pair spent much of the three minutes in the centre of the ring still largely shadow-boxing before Haye launched fire that rocked Klitschko with a right, and the roles were reversed as the taller man then worried the 30-year-old.

David Haye loses big fight to Wladimir Klitschko but blames broken toe 2011

But the pair spent much of the three minutes in the centre of the ring still largely shadow-boxing before Haye launched fire that rocked Klitschko with a right, and the roles were reversed as the taller man then worried the 30-year-old.

David Haye loses big fight to Wladimir Klitschko but blames broken toe 2011

First seen shadow-boxing in his dressing gown, he captures perfectly the sleek vanity of this septuagenarian overlord.

The Syndicate – review | Michael Billington 2011

There was a moment on Friday night when rumblings started to emerge from the Liberal Democrats that the two-hour negotiations their representatives had taken part in with the Tories were not shadow-boxing but the real thing.

Liberal Democats' Tory distrust and anguish over the next general election 2010

The exercise in shadow-boxing conducted by the TUC ... and the middle-class media [was] antiphonal and combative, a master-class in non-communication that reminded one of PG Wodehouse's aunts bellowing to each other 'like mastodons across a primeval swamp.'

Newspapers go back in time to launch new attacks on the trade unions 2010

Especially if you actually hit something instead of shadow-boxing.

New Under the Sun Steve Perry 2010

Especially if you actually hit something instead of shadow-boxing.

Archive 2010-03-01 Steve Perry 2010

Our attention strays from what we consciously intended, and suddenly, we are shadow-boxing with ourselves, and what upsets.

Dr. Cara Barker: Fact Or Fiction? Michael Jackson, Sotomayor, And What To Do When You Don't Know What To Believe 2009

It will take a relentless pushback from bloggers world-wide to slow down the corporate media FIX in the electoral shadow-boxing.

Do Leaders Of Other Localities Hit On 9/11 Have "National Security Stature," Too? 2009

I chewed to the rhythm of the congas accompanying a troupe of shirtless Brazilians shadow-boxing in the street and smiled.

Beth Perry: Croque Notes: Stalking the Best Croque-Monsieur in Paris 2009