banter

Example Sentences

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Zip it: Banter and brief chats are fine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Symancyk noted that Signet’s brands that are more exposed to lower-end shoppers, such as Banter or Zales, were seeing weaker sales growth than those that cater to higher-end consumers, such as Jared and Blue Nile.

From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025

As one British study titled "Banter, bollockings and beatings" made clear, an often macho culture can prevail, including bizarre induction rituals.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2024

Banter is always a good source for laughs, and Christina Lauren, the pen name of writing duo Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings, write terrific dialogue.

From Washington Post • Dec. 3, 2022

Dinner being ended, we came down stairs to the coffee room, and Banter went away to keep an appointment, saying, he supposed he should see Wagtail and me in the evening at the Bedford Coffee-house.

From The Adventures of Roderick Random by Smollett, T. (Tobias)