An exchange of views on some topic.
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Examples for "banter "
Examples for "banter "
1 As often as time would allow, we met for pints and banter .
2 The day's cases were discussed quickly and quietly, without the usual banter .
3 At some point, his racist banter was met by the wrong one.
4 But the real goodwill and kindly feeling in the banter redeemed it.
5 Sir Peter said he was extremely disappointed she misinterpreted some light-hearted banter .
1 People seemed surprisingly upbeat this morning; there had been laughter and raillery .
2 It has nothing of raillery in it, but is serious and earnest.
3 But Mayo gave a somber return to the raillery of her eyes.
4 Then Vera made a hasty retreat amid the raillery of her friends.
5 Eleanor only half-followed him in his raillery , but she caught his meaning.
1 Some of the sites they produce are terrific; others simply in-joke backchat .
2 Muslim men weren't noted for encouraging backchat from women, no matter how liberal they liked to present themselves.
3 All the backchat , all the jabbering.
4 That's a yellow at least, surely, but the only card shown is to Buaben for a spot of backchat .
5 He exists on impertinent sprints, mordant backchat and splenetic waves of his arm at any referee or linesman who finds against him.
Mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)
1 Instead, multitudes started adopting pragmatic ways to allow give - and - take among complex citizens.
2 It makes the give - and - take compromises so necessary to politics harder to achieve.
3 And the sense of give - and - take between soloist and orchestra is first- rate.
4 He suggested there needed to be more give - and - take from the other side.
5 The usual give - and - take of gay repartee was missing at supper that night.
6 Armen licked his lips, obviously getting into the spirit of the give - and - take .
7 The habit led sometimes to perilous personalities in the sudden give - and - take of table-talk.
8 After fifteen minutes of give - and - take it was the asari who offered a compromise.
9 A little give - and - take at the right time could make life easier for today!
10 Even after that, years of often tortuous give - and - take might lie ahead for Serbia.
11 This time there would be no discussion of hypothetical iniquities, no polite give - and - take .
12 The solution may well require a little give - and - take on both sides!
13 But in give - and - take , as one might say, you are igstreamly droll.
14 Of course, there will have to be some give - and - take about this.
15 There doesn't seem to be any give - and - take between us any longer.
16 It's certainly a day that could benefit from some give - and - take .
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