bantering
Example Sentences
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He was in his 80s then, but still vibrant—rarely seated, moving easily around the room and bantering with staff as they passed in and out.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026
"They spent most of the day bantering about which of them was the more Welsh."
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2024
I come back the next morning to find Pamela bantering with one of her regulars, Victor Cassar, who is also 84.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2023
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
He fell silent, wary of the maids and youths who stood near us, bantering.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing bantering
"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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The Chocolate War
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