banter
noun
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
had been bantering
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past perfect progressiveof banter.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Although they had been bantering just moments earlier, Shusterman refused to add AbuAyyash’s story to the pamphlet.
From Washington Post
"He 's a good horse, but he 's out of the race," said one of the gentlemen who had been bantering Miss Ashland.
From Bred In The Bone 1908 by Thomas Nelson Page
Only this morning Dugald and I had been bantering each other as to who should shoot the first.
From Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure by Gordon Stables
