Meanings of bandied to in English

You ball, that we have bandied to and fro, half sleeping, half awake!

The shuttlecock of conversation was lightly bandied to and fro across the round table.

Trevanion's name was bandied to and fro, struck from praise to blame, high and low, as a shuttlecock.

The child, who was but seven years of age, was bandied to and fro like a shuttlecock between rival adventurers.

Retorts were bandied to and fro, until finally Mr. Chaworth clenched matters by words which were tantamount to a challenge to a duel.

This world of ours is only formed for ostentation: men are only puffed up with wind, and are bandied to and fro like tennis-balls.

The courtiers drew together in groups, and it seemed that a man's name was being bandied to and fro, dark shuttlecock to this painted throng.

Bandied to and fro