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casual conversation that is clever and amuses and/or teases- banter among friends
- She was too slow to banter well, but he appreciated her earnestness.
- But I must say this business of bantering is not a duty I feel I can ever discharge with enthusiasm.Kazuo Ishiguro -- The Remains of the Day
- He bantered her, telling what fine dresses and fine furniture they would have.Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Uncle Tom's Cabin
- You have not the means to hold us here much longer, and I refuse to exchange pointless banter with a traitor like yourself.Christopher Paolini -- Brisingr
- She had not been able to forget it for days, despite Farfrae's tender banter; and now when the matter had been nearly forgotten it was again revived.Thomas Hardy -- The Mayor of Casterbridge
- But underneath all the bright banter, I still feel wounded by that whole episode.Sophie Kinsella -- Confessoins of a Shopaholic
- The labored banter of his friends was only making his head ache.George R.R. Martin -- A Dance With Dragons
- Theresa was the one who loved to dance and joke and banter with them and could keep a party going.Gloria Naylor -- The Women of Brewster Place
- FRANK [bantering her] Checks your strong natural propensity that way, don't it?George Bernard Shaw -- Mrs. Warren's Profession
- As I trail off, I hear them making one another laugh—not the words exactly, but the cadence, the rising and falling pitches of banter.John Green -- Paper Towns
- But ere he entered his cabin, light, unnatural, half-bantering, yet most piteous sound was heard.Herman Melville -- Moby Dick
- On the journey she'd listened to the banter between him and Grace with a kind of amused serenity.Nicholas Evans -- The Horse Whisperer
- The baby dozed in the shade, while Clara and Augustus bantered.Larry McMurtry -- Lonesome Dove
- There was card-playing for small stakes, idle jests of coarse nature, much bantering among the younger fellows, and occasionally a mild quarrel.Zane Grey -- The Lone Star Ranger
- Finally, after a half hour of worthless banter from the judge, I heard the words I'd been waiting for.Scott Pratt -- An Innocent Client
- As Mack ate, he listened to the banter between the three.William P. Young -- The Shack
- They had a light, bantering tone.T. H. White -- The Once and Future King
- F-R-E-E. The screen went blank, with none of the friendly banter that had magically appeared every time he'd watched Jen.Margaret Peterson Haddix -- Among the Hidden
- All the banter meant I ended up being so late I only had time to eat half my egg and no time to clear up.Malala Yousafzai -- I Am Malala
bantering = casual conversation that is clever and amuses and/or teases