How to Use banter in a Sentence

banter

1 of 2 verb

• The pair then bantered about whether or not the song would chart.
  — Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 29 Nov. 2023
• Els bantered to him about it on the way up the fairway.
  — Sam Borden, New York Times, 14 July 2016
• The two would often banter back and forth about the issues of the day.
  — Riley Murdock, azcentral, 5 June 2019
• The pages are filled with sidebars in which the brothers banter back and forth.
  — Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, WIRED, 19 Mar. 2021
• The two bantered before slapping hands on the way back to the line of scrimmage.
  — Matt Kawahara, SFChronicle.com, 30 July 2019
• The Ducks are being bantered about as a fun Final Four pick.
  — John Canzano, OregonLive.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• As the episode ends, Clint and Kate banter about Kate's codename.
  — Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 22 Dec. 2021
• Still, the nurses keep the tone light, bantering with their patients.
  — Peter Rowe, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 Sep. 2017
• Let the coach make that decision, living with it, and don’t banter back.
  — Dallas News, 9 Dec. 2022
• From across the red police tape, the young patrol officer in the street bantered with a group of mostly teenage boys and two girls in the park.
  — Hannah Leone, chicagotribune.com, 24 June 2018
• In 2013, his first full year as co-owner of the Dodgers, while bantering with reporters before the first game of the playoffs.
  — Bill Shaikin, latimes.com, 23 Aug. 2017
• The idea sprung from friendly locker room banter among the Barons, who were in desperate need of a kicker.
  — David Hinojosa, ExpressNews.com, 5 Nov. 2020
• Farther down the mountain, two other friends the pair had spent the night bantering about were also dead.
  — Heba Farouk Mahfouz, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2023
• At the same time, homeowners in a live meeting are not allowed to just banter back and forth — so why allow it in the chat box?
  — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2023
• Or, in the case of Friday night, pulled off stage banter with hilarious hubris.
  — Eric Heisig, cleveland, 20 Aug. 2022
• In this mode, Alexa acts like a speaking version of a chatbot, bantering back and forth about a wide range of topics.
  — Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
• The two bantered and Czech hired Medina-Cleghorn soon after.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2023
• After the two bantered about opening the box, McCreery finally gave in and began to remove the gift wrap.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2023
• That car journey back to the village, gives Hamaguchi time to humanize the two bantering agents, who are in way over their heads.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2023
• They’re now united by having the same enemy, and spend the core of the film bantering on dry land, with Arthur trying to get a rise out of the uptight Orm.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Dec. 2023
• There was a smattering of applause when the group first came onscreen, but things began to get awkward as the group tried to banter about the upfront.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 15 May 2023
• During the stage banter between sets, BTS mostly stuck to English.
  — Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Dec. 2021
• The formers bantered over coffee and cake and gathered for group selfies.
  — Carla Power, latimes.com, 20 Apr. 2018
• Jade and Ellie bantered more about breath play and eventually made plans to meet up for dinner.
  — Sara Youngblood Gregory, refinery29.com, 22 Mar. 2023
• As the two bantered about the early days, Yearwood started mentioning all the songs that Brooks pitched to have her record, only to take them back and record himself.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2020
• Two affable hosts sit on a set and banter their way through news segments and interviews.
  — Heather Schwedel, Slate Magazine, 25 Sep. 2017
• Both are constantly bouncing jokes off each other and bantering away the long hours.
  — Longreads, 13 July 2018
• But for reasons of their own, the creators of each series did not think to give any of their main characters, with the exception of Nori, a buddy to banter with.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2022
• The image of Trump that emerges from a transcript of Thursday's 45-minute sit-down with reporters is of a president who would rather banter with the media than do his job.
  — Callum Borchers, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2018
• Our guys, despite what may be bantered about, understand that.
  — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 24 Aug. 2019

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banter

2 of 2 noun

• I enjoyed hearing their good-natured banter.
• This kind of banter is at the root of the pair’s podcast.
  — Craig D Lindsey, Chron, 30 Mar. 2023
• The pride and joy showed in his smile and could be heard in his banter.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 15 Oct. 2017
• These quotes show the very best banter from Blanche, Dorothy, Rose, and Sophia.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 19 June 2023
• Between the two of them, the banter tends toward light.
  — Alison Bowen, chicagotribune.com, 24 Nov. 2020
• Like the rest of the show, the banter lends itself to half-listening.
  — Time, 11 Aug. 2023
• The banter is top-notch, and watching Sam loosen up is a joy to read.
  — Washington Post, 10 June 2021
• There’s no horseplay, no banter, no jokes, As there was in the brighter part of the day.
  — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 11 Mar. 2018
• There's a bit of I-owe-you and you-owe-me parent banter.
  — Jake Coyle, azcentral, 26 June 2018
• There’s a bit of I-owe-you and you-owe-me parent banter.
  — Washington Post, 15 June 2018
• The book has the spritely pace and banter of the best rom-coms, as well as a killer concept.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Mar. 2021
• Thank you all those car fans (and non car fans) for the years of support and banter!
  — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 4 Nov. 2020
• Luckily, the back-and-forth banter was all in fun and for a good cause.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 25 May 2023
• And then the last bit, the banter, is just the one take of us going in the studio and being silly.
  — Jason Pettigrew, SPIN, 7 June 2023
• The mask smell, high in my nostrils, is washed away by the banter with these people.
  — Jay Baruch, STAT, 27 Mar. 2020
• Back to your chemistry and the banter between you and Jonah.
  — Andrea Cuttler, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Feb. 2023
• And while the dialogue gets spicy and tense, the offscreen banter couldn't have been lighter.
  — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2022
• The visuals look great, and the banter sees right on target.
  — Richard Tribou, OrlandoSentinel.com, 9 Apr. 2018
• Rhythm and banter is part of it, opposites are part of it.
  — Lorena O’Neil, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
• Lots of banter that should give you a pretty good idea of what their show here will be like.
  — Théoden Janes, charlotteobserver, 6 June 2018
• Feel free to follow along with the action or join in the banter with our readers.
  — Joey Yashinsky, Detroit Free Press, 26 Oct. 2019
• The brothers’ banter, on the other hand, tended to drag.
  — Journal Sentinel, 10 July 2022
• Good-natured banter links many of the world's best shot putters.
  — OregonLive.com, 14 Mar. 2018
• In some cases, the script for his banter didn’t fully make sense.
  — Théoden Janes, charlotteobserver, 29 Apr. 2017
• The banter, the villain reveals and the Arrowverse of it all kept the show afloat for nine seasons.
  — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
• Our friendships were fast and vulgar and full of banter.
  — Henry Dawson, Bon Appétit, 4 Oct. 2019
• The light-hearted online banter seems to be at least in part an attempt to defuse that.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 2023
• The red state-blue state banter that happens almost nowhere else in the country.
  — David Scharfenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2018
• The playful banter was predictably met with laughter from the audience, and the pair looked fantastic together at the ceremony.
  — Alex Kessler, Vogue, 13 Mar. 2024
• Lawrence and Gormé found huge success in Las Vegas, playing shows together that featured songs and banter about their relationship.
  — Victoria Edel, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024

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