by-play
noun
an action or speech carried on to the side while the main action proceeds, especially on the stage.
byplay
-
a variation of
by-play.
Example Sentences
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What endures is the rasping byplay, the soaring exasperation, the tango of opposing temperaments finding fleeting common ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2024
“Yes, she is quite wonderful, isn’t she? My favourite bit of byplay was when Sky’s Ewen Murray asked her if she liked Tommy Fleetwood’s all-the-fashion golf shirt. ‘
From The Guardian ● Jul. 19, 2019
Their comic byplay — Pumbaa, ever overeager, and Timon, vainglorious and slyly mocking of his pal — are delightful scene-stealers, and their singing of “Hakuna Matata” is a giddy high point.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 11, 2019
It’s a good mystery, embellished with byplay and banter between Virgil and his allies.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2018
For the first time in his life he witnessed the pretty byplay of the nursery—dropped kisses, the answering pats of chubby, useless hands, love-words and replying baby speech, inarticulate, adorable.
From A Man's Hearth by Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie) Ingram
