Example Sentences

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Bantering with Twitter followers earlier this week, he said that the person replacing him “must like pain a lot” to run a company that he said has been “in the fast lane to bankruptcy.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2022

Bantering with Twitter followers on Sunday, he said that the person replacing him “must like pain a lot” to run a company that he said has been “in the fast lane to bankruptcy.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2022

Bantering with Badu, he pulls sassy glissandos from the horn and pushes her into pitter-patter rhythmic exchanges.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2021

Bantering: One of the fourteen characteristics Etienne Wenger suggests that makes up a true community of practice is “local lore, shared stories, inside jokes, knowing laughter”.

From Forbes • Jan. 19, 2015

Bantering persiflage bubbles in everyone, and good natured raillery adds zest to all phases of the experience, whether it rains or shines.

From Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter by Tileston, Merrill