1
He was, in consequence, a better cricketer, and a still better fencer.
2
She was the better fencer at the tongue.
3
Which of us was the better fencer?
4
He is a better fencer than you, Victor; and to witness your defeat would be no less a humiliation to me than to you.
5
Not to win anything but to actually gain a lot of confidence and actually to have very close competition with the better fencers.