banter
noun
an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.
were bantering
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past progressiveof banter.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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For though cook called him a dear man, it almost seemed at first as if she were bantering him, till it was taken into consideration that every eye forms its own beauty.
From By Birth a Lady by George Manville Fenn
I found that the Pew and the Pulpit were bantering each other at a great rate, and seemed determined to tell each one the other's faults.
From Around The Tea-Table by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage
I felt annoyed, and, I suppose, showed it, for it seemed as if my uncles were bantering me, but the annoyance passed off directly under the influence of the warmth displayed by all three.
From Patience Wins War in the Works by George Manville Fenn
They were bantering Mr. King about his Narragansett excursion, his cousin having maliciously given the party a hint of his encounter with the tide at the Pier...
From Their Pilgrimage by Charles Dudley Warner
Daisy, who seldom thinks anything worth giving an opinion on, said yestereven, when they were bantering eache other in Robin Hood's Walk, "I'm glad, Meg, she fancies your husband insteade of mine."
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
