1.   Although both her musical interpretations and her verbal barrages remain as volatile as ever, she is trying to smooth out her rough edges.

2.   All the while, they expressed themselves with verbal barrages meant to intimidate the Bruins.

3.   From the dugout, Chapman led the verbal barrage.

4.   That, and a halftime verbal barrage from Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovich that Francis said easily surpassed any he had ever heard, inspired a Rockets revival.

5.   Jerry Rice already roasted Deion Sanders with a verbal barrage.

6.   Some of the American planes will be based in Kuwait, touching off an immediate verbal barrage from Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz.

7.   They intend to absorb whatever verbal barrage from their adversaries with coolness and composure.

8.   China has kept up its verbal barrage against the six-day visit.

9.   The border sweep came as the two Koreas were exchanging vitriolic verbal barrages over a North Korean demand to return the wrecked sub and its crew.