badinage

Example Sentences

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His badinage is hardly Wildean, but his put-downs, honed to the sharpness of stilettos, are many people’s idea of fun.

From Salon • May 8, 2024

But also present are Heyer’s wry humor and deftness in witty badinage.

From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2022

The good-natured and amusing badinage between Sainz and Norris was a key feature of their partnership.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2021

Together, though, they never generate heat, or convince us that real hungers underlie their chilly badinage.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2017

So disordered were my nerves from their romping badinage that I did not mark this question was addressed to me.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson