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

Though this is their first film together, their repartee is so easy and warm it’s hard to believe they haven’t co-starred in at least a dozen movies.

From Los Angeles Times

Some groan-inducing puns aside, Rushdie’s comic touches are deftly managed, appearing as sharp satirical swipes or witty repartee.

From Los Angeles Times

Trinket vendors with whom Hemingway found a passing repartee still line the sides.

From Salon

My beef was that he sounded like an anxious playwright determined to string an audience along without forced exuberance and sitcom-level repartee.

From Los Angeles Times