byplay
Example Sentences
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What endures is the rasping byplay, the soaring exasperation, the tango of opposing temperaments finding fleeting common ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2024
“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
The exchange was skewered online, though it was the kind of byplay that, off-camera, is typical in interviews.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2018
Mr Loftus thought the byplay very pretty and creditable to both the actors, but his business instinct had been shocked, and he felt it his duty to protest.
From The Daughters of a Genius by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
