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
But their byplay remains rather airless, except for Okonedo, Mackey and Thomas Bateman as Poirot’s hapless, vaguely Wodehousian pal.
From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 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
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
