banter

There’s kind of a folksy quality in the manufactured banter between a president and the ballplayers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

Emails between them included banter where she called him “Uncle Jeffrey,” discussions about his legal matters and women accusing him, and recorded her receiving luxury gifts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

Being able to banter about blade height and the best time to aerate also gains you access to an office subculture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

He told the inquest the comment was a "tongue-in-cheek", which was "meant to be taken as a bit of banter", and that they had then made a joke about his weight.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

As the two coaches lingered in the office, the boys’ usual post-practice banter and joshing faded away and was replaced by an uncomfortable silence.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Bergstrom, 41, spends most nights on a live-shopping app called Whatnot, where hosts like him auction collectibles in real time to an audience that simultaneously banters and bids on his goods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

But he makes frequent appearances on Israeli TV and radio, displaying a cheerful demeanor, quit wit and knack for deflecting criticism as he banters with his hosts.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2022

On the campaign trail, Duterte-Carpio banters with her audience and switches easily back and forth between Tagalog, effectively the national language, and Visayan, a language of the central and southern Philippines and her mother tongue.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2022

Miranda usually spends his time taking requests from listeners, with whom he playfully banters in Mexican slang from all regions of the country.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2021

Sterne pokes fun at people and things; he banters the extravagance of private humour; but it is always with a consciousness that he is himself more extravagant than any one.

From Some Diversions of a Man of Letters by Edmund Gosse

During the launch of a curriculum with Sesame Workshop, Chan bantered with Elmo in a promotional video.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

When I met an Australian guy named Aaron out at a gay bar one night, it felt easy and light; we bantered well, and he had big dimples, and I was myself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024

Welsh actors Sir Anthony Hopkins and Sir Jonathan Pryce bantered about who was the more Welsh on the set of their latest film, its director has said.

From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2024

Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary bantered about the jets being too expensive.

From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2023

I snuck a look at Deoch as he bantered with someone at the door.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

He is an outdoor person, like Rose; has trouble fitting into societal norms, like Rose; and he is an ideal intellectual partner for her, bantering, well-read and ready to engage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Nostalgic fans witnessed the brothers hugging and bantering on stage during their gigs, marking a new direction for the rock stars who had spent more than a decade publicly insulting one another.

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

She enjoys the bantering vibe of the crews she’s on, even if she still misses working with children.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026

He watched as his team batted at the start of what would be a roughly five-hour match, bantering about cricket and careers with the players, who huddled on bleachers under a small square of shade.

From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2023

I have of course already devoted much time to developing my bantering skills, but it is possible I have never previously approached the task with the commitment I might have done.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro