Sentence examples for half banter from inspiring English sources
Other evidence is that all of the other three stories Poe published in 1832 ("The Duc de l'Omelette", "A Tale of Jerusalem", and "Bon-Bon") are comic tales written, as Poe said, "intended for half banter, half satire".
"Half-banter, half-satire" is how he once described them.
This is two ancient, strong, smooth-faced men quarrelling with half-banter like 12-year-olds.
This is two ancient, strong, smooth-faced men quarreling with half-banter like 12-year-olds.
Tone-wise, Match of the Day falls somewhere between half-banter and quarter-banter: it's your girlfriend's dad gently ribbing you at a barbecue, it's two middle managers on an ill-advised Friday lunchtime pint finally realising they both support the same team.
Half-time banter and bit-of-stick-with-the-lads "Has anyone noticed the little advert for bluesquare on this web page?" asks Rich Maxey.
We talked about music and movies and politics, sort of general friendly half-sober banter.
But two and a half hours of banter and bidding doesn't aid the cause.
After the usual Sorkin trademarks – half-heard office banter which Dorothy Parker would surely have pronounced too clever by half; three or four sub-plots over power and romance; long tracking shots – the new Will fronts the very first show, set against the breaking story of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010.
This was a very sharp episode, the first half consistently funny, with banter and insults zinging from one side of the court to the other like volleys from Andy Murray, whose name was taken in vain throughout.
