‘Andrei teases and banters with just about every word, although his humor isn't odd and deadpan like Anikei's - it's lighter and brighter and more relaxed.’
‘The family wants to thank everyone for their visits and support, as well as the nurses with whom he joked and bantered.’
‘Chip's tone was bantering, but the words made their point.’
‘Kitty kept her tone deliberately light and bantering, but Brandon could tell that she was serious.’
‘We joked, bantered, argued, gushed over some latest literary masterpieces.’
‘Between songs, Patti bantered with the audience, joked around and made us laugh (it turns out that she has quite a gift for comic timing).’
‘We bantered with the audience and cracked jokes.’
‘This involves bantering, oftentimes between two people who good-heartedly tease each other.’
‘For awhile they bantered back and forth, trading remarks and occasionally delving deeper into a conversation.’
‘Throughout the game, he banters with the arbitrator, the home plate umpire, subtly (and sometimes not so subtly) representing his club's interests and appealing for fair play.’
‘He jostles with them, has a little fun, banters.’
‘Lidia Verrecchia banters amiably as she ferries cappuccinos to her customers, who sit at Formica tables backed by art deco wood panels.’
‘A gorgeous-looking Zeta-Jones banters with aplomb and a gallery of grotesques shine as some of the supporting characters.’
‘He flirts, he likes kissing necks and shoulders, he sometimes keeps his pyjamas on, he holds hands, he banters in bed, and he makes breakfast.’
‘When Hamlet banters with the gravediggers, he becomes a clown himself, even if the subject matter is mortality.’
‘Holding court on a sofa in a busy London hotel foyer, Kiely banters away happily, using his gravelly laugh for punctuation.’
‘In New York, Fitzgerald has the reputation of a tough, no-nonsense prosecutor who doesn't relish bantering with reporters.’
‘He's been bantering with reporters about a variety of issues.’
‘I could hear the President and Hillary bantering in the background.’
‘Five minutes later I'd sort of forgotten about it, bantering in the staffroom and discussing someone's speech therapy needs, but there it sat.’