bandying
- present participle of bandy.
Example Sentences
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It’s a spirit that is certainly related to, yet distinctly different from, the bawdy bandying that unfolds in Pasadena.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
CNN later found that Walker had been bandying this falsehood since as early as 2008, telling people that he graduated in the top 1% of his class.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2022
Journalists began bandying around the R-word this summer, after the Federal Reserve reported that industrial production had contracted for two straight quarters.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2019
How much they are giving is kept largely secret because there is a fear that bandying about figures of millions of dollars would increase attacks on health workers.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2019
The lady is too ill for us to be bandying words.
From Trusia A Princess of Krovitch by Brinton, Davis