byplay

Example Sentences

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All this byplay has predictably undermined confidence that the deal will ever happen.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2022

“Yes, she is quite wonderful, isn’t she? My favourite bit of byplay was when Sky’s Ewen Murray asked her if she liked Tommy Fleetwood’s all-the-fashion golf shirt. ‘

From The Guardian • Jul. 19, 2019

Their comic byplay — Pumbaa, ever overeager, and Timon, vainglorious and slyly mocking of his pal — are delightful scene-stealers, and their singing of “Hakuna Matata” is a giddy high point.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2019

Sabotaging such diplomatic byplay may have been one goal of hard-liners in Thursday’s tanker attacks.

From Washington Post • Jun. 13, 2019

Among its most eager auditors are outsiders, reporting every byplay to profoundly interested critics across the seas.

From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 by Various