banter

Their banter with each other before singing, not to mention their duet itself, embraced the liveliness and feminine feminist-ness of that song.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The Instagram account describes itself as a place for "the best confessions, memes and banter in Cardiff" and has more than 14,000 followers.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

He grew up on a dairy farm and remembers his father talking about people at harvest time, helping each other out then sharing "a bit of craic and banter".

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

The voices of the characters come through as though we’re eavesdropping from a discreet distance on their banter and squabbles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

People nodded back or waved in reply, but there was none of the lighthearted banter that was ordinarily part of Village.

From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry

Bergstrom, 41, spends most nights on a live-shopping app called Whatnot, where hosts like him auction collectibles in real time to an audience that simultaneously banters and bids on his goods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

But he makes frequent appearances on Israeli TV and radio, displaying a cheerful demeanor, quit wit and knack for deflecting criticism as he banters with his hosts.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2022

On the campaign trail, Duterte-Carpio banters with her audience and switches easily back and forth between Tagalog, effectively the national language, and Visayan, a language of the central and southern Philippines and her mother tongue.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2022

For solace she consults Google under the covers and banters in emoji with her husband, Alex, who knows little about her prognosis.

From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2022

He insinuates truth with a friendly indirectness, and banters us out of our folly with a foreign instance.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 by Various

He bantered with Maher, who supports the measure, and drew applause from the studio audience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025

Harvick noted as much as he signed off from the Clash, where he and former teammate Bowyer bantered throughout Harvick’s second trial by fire.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2024

Welsh actors Sir Anthony Hopkins and Sir Jonathan Pryce bantered about who was the more Welsh on the set of their latest film, its director has said.

From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2024

As Abrams bantered with Times columnist Erika D. Smith from the main stage, fans spilled out far beyond the audience tent, filling grassy areas on either side and lining the edge of a nearby fountain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2023

We bantered a bit more, long past when there was much to say.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

He was in his 80s then, but still vibrant—rarely seated, moving easily around the room and bantering with staff as they passed in and out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026

Playing outlaws on the run, cornered men whose time had passed, bickering and bantering like an old married couple who can’t imagine a life without each other, they’re perfect together.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2025

"They spent most of the day bantering about which of them was the more Welsh."

From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2024

He watched as his team batted at the start of what would be a roughly five-hour match, bantering about cricket and careers with the players, who huddled on bleachers under a small square of shade.

From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2023

“She says queer things sometimes in a bantering way that you don’t notice at the time and you find yourself thinking about afterward.”

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin