Sentence examples for serious back and forth from inspiring English sources

The McCain air-quote comment came in the midst of a serious back and forth on the ban on late-term abortions in this country, which George Bush signed into law in 2003.

I expected some people to disagree, and I looked forward to a serious back-and-forth about the texts I had pointed out.

Italian Leno balked and a serious back-and-forth ensued with the two talking about the difference between ketchup and tomato sauce and disbelief she actually eats the former with pasta.

"I could tell you about the time I stamped a girl's actual Hong Kong Passport with the bookshop stamp - only after a very long and serious back-and-forth asking "are you sure this won't land you in prison?" And I could tell you about the fact that it's still funny to watch Italians come in to the shop - they're always the most fun customers, and the most complimentary about the shop ("Che bello!

The back-and-forth over such a serious case has become more like comedy.

The back-and-forth continues for weeks.

There is back-and-forth on this.

It's a back-and-forth conversation.

When we're done with the serious questions, we joke back and forth.

What I like is the shuttling back and forth, serious into comedy and vice-versa, ideally, both in the same sentence, or even simultaneously.

Like Rossini, Donizetti moved freely back and forth between serious and comic subjects.