repartee

Example Sentences

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Hart keeps up a steady stream of anecdotes and witty repartee, but increasingly the mask slips; underneath it all is the yawning realization that he is utterly alone.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

He’s like a Bond villain without the witty repartee.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2026

He followed it with a succession of intensely theatrical divertissements, often revolving around unexpected intellectual conceits or bizarre juxtapositions and featuring brilliant dialogue, puns, repartee, double meanings and misunderstandings.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

My beef was that he sounded like an anxious playwright determined to string an audience along without forced exuberance and sitcom-level repartee.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2025

He’s looking at me as though we’re going to share some kind of witty repartee, but I am not sure what to say.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black