repartee

Example Sentences

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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

When it’s time to write a song, the music materializes out of zippy repartee.

From Washington Post

We first visited Exposition Park’s various attractions, exchanging frisky repartee along the way.

From Los Angeles Times

The smart repartee between them had echoes of Nick and Nora Charles in Dashiell Hammett’s novel “The Thin Man.”

From Washington Post

This aspect of the journey makes "The Adam Project" worth watching, more than the polished visual effects, the crisp action choreography or the clever repartee.

From Salon