| 单词 | repartee |
| 例句 | “Don’t be a pain” and “Takes one to know one” are standard repartee among girls, but I go much farther than that. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Me too. You wouldn’t believe the things I believe in,” I interject, sounding frantic, wanting to join in their repartee so I don’t stare at it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The human was trying to engage a troll in macho repartee! Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Chicago delighted in such repartee—for the most part. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He’s looking at me as though we’re going to share some kind of witty repartee, but I am not sure what to say. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There was no clever repartee while he worked. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z In “Deep Down in the Jungle: Negro Narrative Folklore from the Streets of Philadelphia,” published in 1964, he analyzed the street rhymes and repartee he observed and recorded in South Philadelphia. Roger D. Abrahams, Folklorist Who Studied African-American Language, Dies at 84 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z In "Knight and Day," the movie's absurd physicality is played as effortless clowning replete with repartee that is supposed to remind you of 007 but in fact is embarrassing flat and banal. "Salt" adds flavor to summer movie menu 2010-07-18T17:58:00Z On the floor, he’s in his element, engaging in the back-and-forth repartee of House debate with a rowdy, brash enthusiasm that is the epitome of politics in the lower house. The tragedy of the Barney Frank film: Watching Congress fall apart before our very eyes 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Clearly written with real affection for its antecedents, the lurches into wild surrealism amuse far more often than they irritate, and the repartee between the protagonists often attains an almost dizzying level of absurd pleasure. Bleak Expectations by Mark Evans – review 2013-01-13T00:05:12Z He entered into what he describes as a “most rarefied world,” of sumptuous country houses and gilded repartee, feeling “like Alice in Wonderland.” The Importance of Being Astonished 2011-01-09T02:00:58Z The rapid-fire repartee is less than sparkling, as if the goal were to sound smart while still appealing to the dumbest or most distracted person in the audience. ‘Birds of Prey’ Review: Nihilism for Fun and Profit 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z There was another drunk, this one engaged in comic repartee with some pigs, marvellously realistic, down to the coarse hair on their snouts. A Dark Ride 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z A solid, bustling social comedy at the 130-IQ level, Moneyball boasts the zinging, stinging repartee of grown men working at a kids' game and tired of being handed the prevailing line of bull. Moneyball: Brad Pitt Legs Out a Triple 2011-10-06T18:50:00Z Expect plenty of witty repartee with her equally gifted sidekick, singer Kelly Hogan. Who are the must-see Pitchfork bands? 2011-07-12T23:15:00Z Basking in their affection and repartee is “one of the most beautiful evenings of my unpromising existence,” and proves to him how hollow his own romantic relationship has been. Review: New Books by Anna Gavalda, Daniel Sada, George Singleton and Others 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Appearing on the show, he won several thousand dollars and became known for his humorous repartee. Marty Ingels, Actor and Comedian, Is Dead at 79 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z As a performer she shares certain qualities associated with her subject: an ability to make the crassest vulgarities sound like crystalline repartee, an earthy glamour and a preening, kittenish imperiousness that’s somehow warmly endearing. Theater Review: ‘I’ll Eat You Last,’ Starring Bette Midler 2013-04-25T02:00:01Z His delivery clarified both the meaning of the witticisms and the psychology of the humorist by expertly varying the intonation and rhythm of his character’s rather tricky repartee. Summer Shakespeare: A critic's take on the secret to theatrical success 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Reports differ on how much was scripted and how much was ad-libbed, but the resulting repartee feels akin to both tightly scripted screwball comedy and the loose freewheeling improvisation of The Trip. My streaming gem: why you should watch Road to Bali 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z That initial black-and-whiteness probably crystallized a central tenet of the show’s appeal: that its sumptuous interiors and arch repartee recalled old movies I’d loved, like “Holiday” with Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn. ‘Dynasty’ or ‘Dallas’? Squaring Off in the Lily Pond 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z I love “Gilmore Girls” — love the repartee and the deep feelings, loved it enough to have once put it on a list of the 100 best TV shows of all time. Why a New 'Gilmore Girls' Wouldn't Really Be 'Gilmore Girls' 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z After Willoughby coughs a spray of blood on to her forehead during an interrogation, she switches from boisterous repartee to motherly soothing in the blink of an eye. Why Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri should win the 2018 best picture Oscar 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z That meant musicals that, though strung together on some outlandish story line, were still essentially variety shows — bright patchworks of songs, dance, jokes and urbane repartee. Theater Review: ‘On Your Toes,’ With Christine Baranski, at City Center 2013-05-09T21:00:33Z Although the pair's endearing but dated repartee invited laughter, the dialogue was swallowed up by the Merchant's high and echoey ceiling. A bubbly mix of Balanchine, Astaire from American Contemporary Ballet 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z At the same time they wanted to go beyond the movie, giving back stories to several of the female characters and sharpening their repartee, as well as altering the ending. Women on the Verge of a Big Broadway Gamble 2010-10-07T18:28:00Z Mitchell’s Carolyn is a spitfire in a bathrobe; Graham’s swanning Veronika is hugely watchable; and Hutchinson’s script, which could benefit from another draft, at least keeps the repartee and conflict bowling along. Dancing some pleasing duets at the Contemporary American Theater Festival Instead, one engages in “liming”: a form of recreation that involves robust quantities of alcohol, droll repartee, frenetic music and, when the tempo demands, equally frenetic dancing. The Caribbean ?roundup: In the Caribbean, Away From the Crowds 2011-11-11T19:50:00Z Michael Caine plays the grandfather, and the efforts at repartee between his character and Mr. Johnson’s occasionally amuse. Movie Review: ?Journey 2: The Mysterious Island,? Starring Josh Hutcherson 2012-02-09T23:49:47Z There ensued some witty, slightly rehearsed repartee across the generations. Older adventurers stay young at heart rafting the Grand Canyon’s rapids 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z This aspect of the journey makes "The Adam Project" worth watching, more than the polished visual effects, the crisp action choreography or the clever repartee. "The Adam Project" digs into the essential sadness of Ryan Reynolds' heroes 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z She had never met Spitzer before CNN brought them together for some meetings, and the two now share a quick-witted repartee. Parker, Spitzer aim for ideological center on TV 2010-10-05T01:35:00Z Listen especially to the repartee of a man and a woman caged together in a hellish union. Jeremy Irons Breathes New Life Into ‘The Poems of T.S. Eliot’ 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Her latest album, “Stripped,” from 2016, finds her in a raspy repartee with an expert quartet of New York jazz musicians, revisiting some highlights from her back catalog. New Year’s Eve 2017: A Guide to Music and Comedy Events 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z They can do this sort of repartee in their sleep. Why Are Steve Martin, Selena Gomez and Martin Short Working Together? It’s a Mystery. 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z These are women who say what they mean and mean what they say, with banter and repartee that’s much more fun to watch than one of Don Draper’s doleful moods. ‘Good Girls Revolt’ is a much-needed dose of forthright feminism on TV 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Hitchens loved to engage in generous intellectual repartee, even with those with whom he unilaterally disagreed. The Fantasy of the Deathbed Conversion 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z The film’s rapid-fire repartee would seem to make Shawkat a natural fit for the role, but she recalled the project as being intense in ways unlike her TV gig. For One Last Season, Alia Shawkat Is the Life of ‘Search Party’ 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Throughout "5 Windows" and "Composites," Cabeen's precise yet fluid articulation of her hips, torso, shoulders, limbs and digits "reads" like the most cadenced, seductive prose, full of bright imagery and subtle repartee. Cabeen's 'Hybrid 2012' plays brilliant mix-and-match in Velocity show 2012-03-23T17:07:03Z The colorfully contrasted characters are still abundant, but the repartee is, for the most part, content to be merely snappy, not socially insightful. Review: In ‘Superior Donuts,’ Wisecracks Galore but Little Substance 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z But the set offers more than 10 hours of slick vehicles for the Harlow chassis, and bright repartee with such costars as Car Grant, Spencer Tracy and Robert Taylor. Merry Pranksters: Harlow, Daffy and Ken Kesey's Magic Trippers 2011-11-01T18:32:04Z And Mr. Tatum was happily bantering with a People magazine editor who’d clearly gone to graduate school for witty repartee. Vanessa Redgrave, 'Magic Mike' Fan, and Other Awards Season Quirks 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z “Funk It Up” is a very enjoyable 70 minutes of ribaldry and repartee — and a subversive act of cultural appropriation. Theater: Shakespeare gets all funked up 2011-01-27T17:55:00Z The crystalline scatter of Taborn’s playing meets Iyer’s slightly thicker articulation in a sympathetic repartee; the pair seem to constantly divert their own path. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Drama builds when bees swarm out of a ruined motorcycle hull and a trailer’s tires fail, and the repartee is slangy. 2010-01-15T06:40:00Z She doesn’t write dialogue, for example, so much as she writes repartee. Jennifer Egan Updates the Old-Fashioned Page-Turner in ‘Manhattan Beach’ 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z And so the repartee begins, but this time seeming much less fresh and much more contrived than before. Sundance film festival 2013: Before Midnight – first look review 2013-01-21T12:11:46Z Wodehouse and Raymond Chandler: Violent and nasty things happen, accompanied by wickedly funny repartee. Character Mortdecai has much in common with creator Kyril Bonfiglioli 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z They're a joy to watch as they skillfully fling Shakespeare's sophisticated repartee, in what Beatrice's uncle Leonato refers to as "a skirmish of wit between them." Review: Buoyant, zestful 'Much Ado About Nothing' 2013-02-20T00:16:04Z It also gives occasion to consider Cavett’s role in TV culture as an erudite, risk-taking and durable presence whose guests came on to engage in thoroughgoing, often contentious discussion with a dash of witty repartee. The One About When Groucho Marx and Dick Cavett Became Great Friends 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Three years ago, it began ranking Twitter users according to the splash their links and witty repartee made among their followers. Even Justin Bieber has a dark side 2012-05-29T15:35:00Z But honestly, the conversation is so fast and its repartee so stinging that the running line of words on screen ensures nothing is missed. Roman Polanski knows the ropes in 'Venus in Fur' 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z References to the Holocaust creep into the student-teacher repartee in the studio. Piano lessons with a side of philosophical sparring 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z I was attracted by his salt-and-pepper hair as much as by his insistent optimism and joie de vivre in the face of the unknown, and we quickly developed a comfortable repartee. Modern Love: Ready to Take a Faithful Leap 2011-07-14T20:19:03Z “Did We Have Any Fun?” and “How Was It for You?” two songs about waking up with someone and not remembering what happened, turn morning-after anxiety into flippant repartee. Music Review: Traveling to the Stars, No Joy or Romance Needed 2011-03-08T21:29:40Z No stranger to theatrical repartee, Louise cracks, “I need to read about that?” Theater Review: ‘Ten Chimneys,’ About Lunts, at Theater at St. Clement’s 2012-10-04T20:42:51Z But gradually I lowered my fists, preferring organised sports and resorting to brutal repartee and cutting put-downs. Philip French: my life as a stammerer 2010-12-26T00:05:05Z For all their repartee and self-awareness, they're showcases for boxing robots. Superheroes suck! 2010-05-06T11:01:00Z The repartee in "Two" is not Shakespeare's most scintillating, and there's verbiage retained here that could be sheared and wouldn't be missed. Review: 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona' ? bromancing buddies and their gals 2010-03-25T21:47:00Z What “Horrible Bosses 2” lacks in nasty repartee, it tries to make up for in poorly staged comedy chases and break-ins. ‘Horrible Bosses 2,’ With Jason Bateman and Jason Sudeikis 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z Loved her mod silver dress, and her repartee with Roger -- which reminded us that he must have been, on his good days, a pretty fun dad to his own daughter. Mad Men Monday: Is Megan becoming Don? 2012-04-30T17:51:15Z It was just jokey repartee about mixing martinis because we both, on occasion, order one then we pretended to check each other out as we walked away. Succession star J Smith-Cameron: ‘Gerri is quite a badass but also relatable’ 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z When the actors really sell the repartee, those mouths can be enough. Review: When Muslim Identity Gets Tangled in the Sheets 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z She delivered lines of homely inspiration, sometimes in a casual repartee, elsewhere in a wail. At the NYC Winter Jazzfest, Learning How Less Can Be More 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z And while the dances are prerecorded, the repartee will be live. The Pragmatist’s Progress: Mark Morris Adapts to Creating Online 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z At that time, Martin had his doubts about their musical potential, but he was totally charmed by their personalities and repartee. When the Beatles Walked Offstage: Fifty Years of “Abbey Road” 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z The movie unwisely banks on the marketability of its two lead characters, whose merciless mugging and strong-armed repartee makes for humor as hammy as the honey-glazed cornerstone of a holiday feast. ‘Spirited’ Review: A Whole Lot of Humbug 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z The guests tend to be more charming than funny, and it is possible to class the series as a laugh-a-minute event only because Seinfeld liberally peppers his repartee with encouraging chuckles. “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” and Jerry Seinfeld’s Identical Layers 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z He keeps the repartee nicely outrageous, the excess wretched and the details wickedly delectable. Books of The Times: Kevin Kwan’s ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Depicts a Cult of Opulence 2013-06-30T21:39:42Z Bogart and Bacall exchanged sizzling repartee, but this pair may as well be reading to one another from a manual. I've never seen … Top Gun 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z Invariably it is the whip-smart repartee – “Will somebody get that walking carpet out of my way?” and ”You came in that thing? The unsung women of Star Wars: buns, a dead Obi-Wan and the script doctor 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z You might also get some free entertainment, as the Günsbergers are known in Prague circles for their snappy repartee. New Kosher Shop Is a Prague Pioneer 2010-07-23T10:00:00Z It took a few scenes, at least at a recent performance, to rev up the Borscht Belt buffoonery and repartee that should get the comic pistons firing quicker. Village Theatre's 'Producers' is full of pizazz 2012-05-16T22:01:11Z To preserve their casual repartee in book form, Baker said, they wrote in a shared, “living” Google Doc, the authors and their editor all “freestyling” and feeding off of one another’s energy in real time. Shout Out to the Bodega Boys, From the Bronx to the Best-Seller List 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z But like Mr. McDonagh’s early Irish dramas, the play is as much about the strange language and repartee of its oddball characters as it is about plot. Martin McDonagh’s ‘Hangmen,’ a Mordant Stage Homecoming in London 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z But the actors and repartee keep this comedy humming. Theater Review: ?The Navigator,? Eddie Antar?s Play at WorkShop Theater 2012-02-24T23:32:42Z Voiced with enormous zest by Bradley Cooper, Rocket is fierce and foul-tempered, the master of take-no-prisoners repartee who, like Howard the Duck before him, is trapped in a world he never made. 'Guardians of the Galaxy's' heroes aren't what you'd expect 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z French’s evocation of place, a rural way of life and overall creepiness are superb, as is the dialogue, a festival of Irish raillery and repartee. Review | For your pandemic playlist: 3 new audiobooks that will whisk you away — for a few hours, anyway 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z The slightly blank expression on the furry faces of both main characters adds to the humor, and Climo’s laconic repartee between predator and prey is aimed pretty squarely at a 4-year-old’s funny bone. Review | Four new books to help your kids laugh and learn 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Neither has been invited to the wedding, and their acid repartee on the subject of Becky’s weight suggests at least one reason for the omission. | 'Bachelorette': Wedding Trash Talk in Leslye Headland?s Comedy 2010-07-27T02:04:00Z Our repartee has become similar to the play’s. Just the Guys, Candid and Rugged 2011-02-06T02:08:04Z He began many of them with halting, staccato phrases on the guitar’s bottom three strings, engaging Mr. Tidd in a bubbling repartee before the entire band was eventually pulled into the tangled flow. March in Live Jazz: 5 Standout Shows 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z There’s a satisfying parallelism to the dynamics between the two pairs — the chemistry, the witty repartee, the heartbreak one character offers, intentionally or unintentionally, to another. ‘Cost of Living’ Review: Worth Its Weight in Gold 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z For all its mouth-watering sets, costumes and repartee, the highfalutin soap known as “Downton Abbey” followed a well-worn path in the theater of the English country house. A garden the ‘Downton Abbey’ crowd would drool over 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z But it’s a format that works for a certain kind of show—one that relies more on jokes, repartee and funny lines more than situational humor and dramedy-like setups. Up All Night Gets Re-Re-Remodeled: Is It Time to Tear It Down? 2012-12-07T14:42:46Z The conversation between literature’s most famous spousal deserter and the nanny who was a mother both to her and to the children she abandoned 15 years ago, takes on the rhythm of sitcom repartee. Laurie Metcalf in 'Doll's House, Part 2': An acting marvel in one of the year's best plays 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z When Tom and Louise construct narratives of their problems and mess around in the meaning of them, there’s a light touch of Beckett in their double-act repartee. The Agreeable Staginess of “State of the Union” 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z And she’s got a good ear for the arch repartee of 1940s comedy. Review | In Elizabeth Gilbert’s ‘City of Girls,’ a young woman discovers the joys of sex 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Harder to reanimate today is the antique comic business involving masquerades, rhyming repartee and a slew of supporting characters who seem to have sprung from a commedia dell’arte trunk. Shakespeare's 'Love's Labor's Lost': Kathleen Marshall directs a winner at the Old Globe 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Ted immediately becomes a national celebrity, and in a glorious montage we see his rise to fame, his scabrous repartee causing Johnny Carson to collapse with laughter on his TV talk show. Ted – review 2012-08-04T23:05:27Z Although it has some cute repartee, this movie more often than not confuses eccentricity with originality. Movie Review: ?The Trouble With Bliss? Is a Number of Things 2012-03-22T22:46:58Z Augie and his best friend, Britt, are two smart, unpopular kids trying to survive middle school, and their friendship provides entertaining repartee and emotional depth to this fantastical novel. The best children’s books for June 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z For invigorating stretches it boasts the zinging, stinging repartee of grown men working at a kids' game and tired of being handed the prevailing line of bull. Moneyball at Toronto: Brad Pitt Hits a Solid Triple 2011-09-10T14:05:00Z I wanted to hear witty repartee and dark wisdom but did not! Review: ‘The Present’: Even in Russia, It’s Hard to Turn 40 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z And a little like the speed-talking “policy debate” trend on college campuses, rapid repartee became almost as important as wit on shows about single friends like “Happy Endings.” The TV Watch: ‘How I Met Your Mother’ Ends With Twists Expected and Sweet 2014-04-01T04:10:26Z Privately, plenty of users feel as it their repartee is worthy of an Aaron Sorkin screenplay — but it takes a special kind of egotist to want to make these conversations public. Sidewire: The chatter site for political junkies who haven’t already maxed out 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z She claims the two of them are engaged in Noël Coward-like repartee, but their interactions sound wholly mirthless. Review | ‘The Motion of the Body Through Space’ is a fitness industry satire weighed down by its own heavy-handedness 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z And no red carpet, no heaping of glitz-&-tinsel, no clever repartee or song-&-dance can surmount that basic handicap. Oscars Show Growing Gap Between Moviegoers and Academy 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Her long blond hair, stunning blue eyes and quick-witted repartee brought her a string of excellent roles. Oscar-nominated British actress Susannah York dies 2011-01-16T14:47:10Z Now the tasks are to sharpen the repartee and find someplace to go with the series that isn’t already occupied by one of the zillions of others made from the same template. Television Review: ?The Finder,? From Hart Hanson, on Fox - Review 2012-01-11T22:44:27Z “Viewers said they loved the repartee, the humour. It reminded them of spending time with their funniest friends.” The age of banter 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Let's be honest — anywhere that you read online, the space underneath a news story or personal essay is rarely where you're going to look for insightful repartee. I'm reading the comments again, after swearing them off 7 years ago 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z Sudeikis acquits himself quite well in the role, which allows him to showcase his physical comedy as well as some of his trademark smart-ass repartee. Jason Sudeikis on his “SNL” days: “I clearly don’t have closure with my experience” 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z Max Stafford-Clark directs an evening of witty repartee that celebrates the life and work of the 18th-century essayist, poet and compiler of the first English dictionary. This week's new theatre 2011-02-19T00:05:55Z Some singers like to engage in repartee by way of introducing their material. Roocroft/Martineau ? review 2011-03-04T18:05:51Z There is an insinuation of oriental splendour in her visage and so I find myself saying: "Howzit gaun, China?" delighting myself with my witty repartee. How I lost my festival virginity to Howard 2010-08-21T23:09:00Z Rolling Stone praised the plot, the witty repartee and song choice but thought the season opener "didn't hit any of the emotional notes 'Glee' is capable of." "Glee" debut loses TV fans but wins over critics 2011-09-21T19:24:06Z The tough stuff is steamrollered and sidelined by energetic repartee. Review: ‘Laugh It Up, Stare It Down,’ on Love and Marriage 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z That he will eventually succumb is never really in doubt, despite the testy repartee and vows of unregenerate unhappiness. Theater Review: ‘Outside Mullingar,’ by John Patrick Shanley, Opens 2014-01-24T03:00:03Z Live! has always been about repartee, but this was Ripa’s moment. Kelly Ripa Strikes a Powerful Chord in Her Return to 'Live!' 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z But if these characters can still talk to one another onstage, maybe audience members can continue those conversations offstage, with or without repartee. Onstage, ‘Designing Women’ Sheds the Shoulder Pads, Not Its Politics 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Williams says she pulled the line from repartee with her own friends. The incredible Jessica Williams: 'Great comedy comes from feeling like you've gotten punched up' 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z Ms. Price-Francis has no problem convincing us that King is the smartest cop in the room, and she easily dispatches the squad-room repartee, which strains for screwball but mostly lands on sitcom. Television Review: ‘King,’ on Reelz, Shows a Tougher Side of Toronto 2013-07-04T21:53:31Z “The more you work, the more animated they become, and their snappy rubber repartee will turn chore time into fun time!” Style Invitational Week 1326: Foaling Around — our most popular contest 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z At breakfast the two men shared an affectionate repartee, at one point bumping fists. Jonah Bokaer at World Nomads: Tunisia 2013-05-08T21:40:32Z We just assume that a lot of the kids who watched “Friends” in the ’90s decided they’d like to engage in witty repartee at Central Perk. Urban entertainment districts: Blocks where no one has fun 2012-05-19T13:00:00Z Holding their microphones, they talk to each other as much as they talk to the crowd, finding laughs through repartee, ribbing and even reassurance. In ‘2 Dope Queens’ a Duo Muses Over Life, and Stanley Tucci 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z There’s ample action but nothing is snappier than the repartee between the quick-witted female stars, both born New Yorkers. William A. Wellman, Two-Fisted Director With Heart, in Six Takes 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Doing a spin on something I’m a fan of, like film noir, and the hard-nosed detectives who talk with repartee. “Abattoir” director Darren Lynn Bousman serves up horror with noir ambitions 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Only on his own unaccompanied improvisations, typically wedged between tunes, did he pull the focus off Mr. Ross and Mr. Wilkins — who often took solos away from each other, wrangling in a friendly repartee. The Month in Live Jazz: 5 Standout Shows 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z It was the repartee of the hosts, reliable, if lacking a sense of danger, that anchored the night. 'Boyhood' leads Golden Globes, 'Grand Budapest' upsets 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z Both hosts look exhausted and haunted, and the easy repartee that encouraged ITV to poach them has almost completely disappeared. Daybreak, 10 O'Clock Live and TV's slow starters 2011-04-12T20:29:00Z And while some of the repartee in “Red” was fun to listen to — and fun to hear a large non-art-world audience listen to — the studio, not the play, was the thing for me. The Truths of Studios Onstage in ?Red? 2010-04-04T21:33:00Z So has the show’s fizzy cocktail of rapid-fire repartee, pop culture savvy and heartfelt drama about mothers and daughters and relationships. ‘Gilmore Girls,’ and the Rapid-Fire Repartee, Is Returning 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Mr. Roth bemoaned Mr. Albee’s “ghastly pansy rhetoric and repartee,” wanting a more open play “in which the homosexual hero is presented as a homosexual, and not disguised.” Books of The Times: Christopher Bram?s ?Eminent Outlaws,? on American Gay Writers 2012-02-02T22:57:21Z With the outcome of the novel never in doubt, I could savor the language, satire and repartee, the cutting observations cloaked in seemingly innocuous remarks. In Trying Times, the Balm of Jane Austen 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z In its pre-Hays Code sexual daring and droll repartee, It Happened One Night set a rarely reached gold standard for romantic comedy – with a great script by Robert Riskin. Greatest Oscar winners ever: who is the best director of all time? 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z But the main shortcoming is that lumpy first act, slowed down by misfiring quips, lugubrious repartee and sluggish plot devices. Review: 'Gypsy King' has some princely moments, but some poor ones, too 2010-03-22T21:03:00Z Q: Are your conversations at work or with friends as witty and biting as the repartee in your books? Lorrie Moore has some instructions on how to read her new book 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z If you lumber a plot with repartee about dodgy tree-ring data, Al Gore's Y-axis and the saturation theory of CO2, why not get it right? Take climate scientists to task, but avoid formulaic boffin-bashing 2011-02-11T18:19:34Z Well, yes, it sort of is, although Mr. El Guindi’s dialogue snaps and sparkles with enough brashly funny repartee that mostly we don’t mind attending. Review: ‘Threesome,’ at 59E59 Theaters, Examines Sexual Inequality 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Stern was skeptical because his ribald humor and repartee had already become problematic for WNBC. Howard Stern’s Superagent Is Getting With the Program 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z The chapter on verbal repartee is written as a dramatic dialogue. New & Noteworthy 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Predictable mayhem ensues, and "The Losers" breezes along with snappy repartee and the surprisingly delicious villainy of Patric, who's clearly enjoying one of the best roles of his career. 'The Losers': Cast chemistry saves comic-book caper 2010-04-22T21:13:00Z But Ms. Bell, though sharp with repartee, does only so much with her character’s state of denial and momentary freedom — not to mention some heavy symbolism involving a human-interest story about a chained-up tiger. Movie Review: Kristen Bell on Poolside Patrol in ‘The Lifeguard’ 2013-08-29T23:27:17Z Throughout the novel, slang-filled repartee alternates with scenes of tenderness, desperation and shock. Review | A century after the end of World War I, a new look at lost masterpieces of the era 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Though Mr. Quinton keeps the pacing sprightly, much of their repartee seems regulated and practiced. Theater Review: ‘The Mystery of Irma Vep’ Plays the Lucille Lortel Theater 2014-04-18T02:00:01Z But what pops more than the gunfire are the line readings, where Ms. Parker, especially, but also Mr. Malkovich and Ms. Mirren, can give personality to standard action repartee. Movie Review: In ‘RED 2,’ Retired Special Ops Agents Can’t Relax 2013-07-18T23:58:16Z They seldom were either, especially given their flair for dry repartee and sexual dalliance. Review | A tale of the free-spirited women who tangled with Orwell and other literary lions 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z With “Dennis the Menace,” it was the mischief element, and the repartee between kids and adults. Superman: Forged by bullies! 2012-06-16T20:30:00Z Written by Blake Masters, who embellishes the tricky story with generous repartee, the movie opens with Stig and Bobby edging around a Texas town and then settling into a diner for some breakfast and banter. Movie Review: Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg Star in ‘2 Guns’ 2013-08-01T20:49:23Z The series’s personal conflicts are well-grounded, but the details — the upscale Jewish New York milieu, the fashions, the repartee — are idealized. Review: ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Takes Its Time, as Fast as It Can 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z Johnson said he had the writers watch the 1940 screwball comedy “His Girl Friday” to get a taste of the snappy repartee he wanted. Don Johnson Is Back as ‘Nash Bridges.’ Why? 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z Its offspring — “How I Met Your Mother,” “The Big Bang Theory” “The Mindy Project,” “New Girl,” the short-lived masterpiece of repartee “Happy Endings” — did their best. ‘Friends’ Is Turning 25. Here’s Why We Can’t Stop Watching it. 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z The two actors have aged nicely, their repartee and competing impressions still sparkling and hilariously funny. Perspective | Best movies of 2020: Diverse thrills, chills, Dickensian laughs and a pandemic-friendly trip to Greece 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z But listen closely and you can hear, beneath the tough-guy repartee of Hart’s insolently rhymed lyrics, the arrhythmic beating of a broken heart. | 'Ten Cents a Dance': Music, Memories and Regret 2011-08-15T22:20:09Z A: I don’t think of there being witty, biting repartee in my work or my life. Lorrie Moore has some instructions on how to read her new book 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z That repartee is often quite good, though perhaps not worth quoting. Review: ‘Laugh It Up, Stare It Down,’ on Love and Marriage 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z “I was also born first, so I also won that competition,” he said, a joke typical of the brothers’ repartee both on- and offscreen. The Property Brothers Are Fixing to Take Over the World 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z In the first-class dining room, Sir Angus MacFarquhar, “a Scottish Mr. Darcy,” is busy charming a table of wealthy Americans with his witty repartee. ‘The World of Tomorrow’ captures swirling New York in 1939 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z Even mediocre “Goldbergs” episodes usually feature one or two scenes at the level of the game night repartee. Comfort Viewing: Why I Still Love ‘The Goldbergs’ 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z But then actors tend to focus on the character's "reason in madness" and not on his capacity for repartee. With age, the wisdom of staging 'Lear' becomes less clear 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z But before any of this can transpire, we get familiar DeLillo street life, witty repartee in the backs of cabs, rooftop views of the city at dusk. Joshua Ferris Reviews Don DeLillo’s ‘Zero K’ 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z At times, his dazzling piano playing calls Art Tatum to mind; elsewhere, singing lighthearted ditties like “There’s No Anesthetic for Love” in a repartee with his trio-mates, he sounds a lot like Louis Jordan. How Pop and Jazz Revisited the Past in 13 Boxed Sets 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Some of the wordplay may be clever, but the attempts at witty repartee aren’t sharp enough to be remotely amusing. Review: A Chilly ‘Miss Sloane’ Makes a Lecture out of Lobbying 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z It features handsome men in beautifully tailored — yes — suits, women in skintight “office” attire teetering on sky-high stilettos, and witty, Aaron Sorkin-esque repartee. Opinion: Need a respite from Trump, DeSantis, the Bidens and global warming? Check out "Suits." 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z The joy of “Joy Ride” is certainly there in the sexual repartee, the caustic insults and the foul-mouthed zingers, all of which Lim paces with nary-a-wasted-moment velocity. Review: The exuberantly rude 'Joy Ride' gives its stars the raunch-pad they deserve 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z The clothes — and the extravagant repartee — are both marvelous. Your Wednesday Briefing 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z He also knew some of comedian Bob Hope’s writers, and soon the “cooking” line was popping up in the repartee of Hope, the riffs of Jack Benny and that Looney Tunes cartoon. ‘Now we’re cooking with gas’ — and paying for it with massive bills 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z For the older among us, more and more of our favorite movie catchphrases are ready to board that boat that crosses the historical reference Rubicon, from the realm of witty repartee to cultural oblivion. Perspective | All those movie lines we used to quote? They’re gone with the wind. 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z The elaborate suits have been tailored, the repartee prescripted in preparation for music’s biggest night. Our predictions for who will win at the 2023 Grammy Awards 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z As predicted by Levy and Lenny Daniels, the chief operating officer for Turner Sports at the time, the bombast of Charles and Shaq’s repartee elevated the show. ‘Barkley’ excerpt: How Charles figured out how to work with Shaq 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z The “free-swinging repartee is a new note for a news show,” Waters wrote, “but it remains a wide open question whether it diminishes or enhances effectiveness.” Al Primo, creator of ‘eyewitness’ local news, dies at 87 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Biden, who had remained silent during the repartee, finally, at the urging of his fellow leaders, swiveled his chair around and smiled for the photo. Biden says America is leading. On abortion, Europeans disagree. 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z When it’s time to write a song, the music materializes out of zippy repartee. Perspective | The Sex Pistols are still too chaotic for your television screen 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z We first visited Exposition Park’s various attractions, exchanging frisky repartee along the way. L.A. Affairs: Dating a man who won’t eat your cookies is a recipe for disaster 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z The smart repartee between them had echoes of Nick and Nora Charles in Dashiell Hammett’s novel “The Thin Man.” Richard Lipez, novelist who featured a gay private eye, dies at 83 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z In “Life Without Children,” Doyle’s repartee emerges in more varied settings and more structured stories. Roddy Doyle's hapless Irish men find COVID a formidable foe in his new story collection 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z "Andre Leon Talley trailblazer, dapper gentleman, fashion editor, writer, journalist with a singular voice - his witty repartee, larger than life icon," she wrote. Andre Leon Talley: Former Vogue creative director dies aged 73 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z She was mentioned in the Irish Times of 1931 as having a reputation among her colleagues for witty repartee. Frances Kyle and Averil Deverel: The first Irish women called to the bar 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z “Personally I think it is a sad thing for baseball there are not more bon mots and repartees of the sort,” Hughes wrote. The Greatest Rivalry Since (Long Before) Sliced Bread 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z The county leader said he stopped his weekend habit of friendly repartee outside his local hardware store because the immigration debate has become too explosive. Mass migration heightens simmering tensions in border community 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Y.S, as Spaeny’s character is known, is there to offer insight into missed opportunities, etc., but mostly for comic repartee. New movies to stream this week: ‘How It Ends,’ ‘Settlers’ and more 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z At least we’ve progressed from the “Hanging in there, I guess” to the “Things are starting to open up a bit!” phase of recovery repartee. Perspective | Cicadas are terrible at living in the world they’re emerging into. Just like us. 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z These days, it is the repartee and animation that accompany a match that he loves the most. Battle of wits: Antiguans revel in ancient board game 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z The Glaswegian left Rotherham after a year and began racking up a dizzying number of clubs while honing his repartee. Docherty - man of many clubs and quips 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z To that point, they had developed a polite repartee about the technical parts of her game, but stopped short of talking about her mind-set entering matches. How Putting on a Mask Raised Naomi Osaka’s Voice 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z This debate wasn't about normal political repartee to him, not really. Trumpism: The dead end of neoliberal politics 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Ty’s artistry was unique, bound by his own lived experiences and the way he saw the world, communicated through his gift of repartee and sharpness. Ty: a dextrous artist who wove threads of UK rap culture together 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z And with no repartee sparkling enough to win you a kiss at the end of the night, you might reasonably ask yourself: why bother? The singleton's search for love in the time of coronavirus | Elle Hunt 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z The repartee is sharp, the ties between characters meaningful, the dilemmas disturbing – one protagonist is the daughter of a serial killer; another survives a mass shooting. Nora Roberts: ‘I could fill all the bookstores in all the land’ 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z There are the videos of him attempting witty repartee during an NFC workout, the picture of him cheekily wearing Ciara’s sunglasses, the photo of him sporting what appears to be a man bun. What’s next? Russell Wilson’s ‘goofball’ persona remains the Seahawks’ best offseason story line 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z The hours-long debate was punctuated by moments of partisan repartee – and fleeting mentions of Bill Clinton and Stormy Daniels – over proposed amendments to the articles leveled against the president. Democrats prepare to advance articles of impeachment amid marathon debate 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z The legal question was far too intricate to generate pleasurable repartee on Twitter. Why John Durham won’t save Trump either 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z Harmon might like to be Chekhov, but his gifts for snappy repartee and clearly categorized comic characters tilt more in the direction of Neil Simon. Review: Idina Menzel lights up the sexy-neurotic comedy 'Skintight' at the Geffen Playhouse 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z But my suspicion is that they may, in fact, be moonlighting as premiers themselves, while you have to put up with my second-division repartee. Boris Johnson will have us laughing all the way to the food bank | Will Self 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z In physical terms, Coleman explains, people have “more turnout, an elegant, forward walk. Gestures are more fluid and open. It’s a physical repartee as well as a verbal one.” Sex, money and idiots in power: Restoration comedy's endless appeal 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z McKeever’s play, as gleaming as a coffee table book, begins as a contemporary gay comedy, brimming with snappy repartee and top heavy with cultural references. Review: In ‘Daniel's Husband,’ a gay couple debates marriage. Then Mom and fate arrive 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z He has his pal Lance to banter with; Charlotte is mainly alone, bereft of repartee, until the arrival of Fred. The Silly Satisfactions of “Long Shot” 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z The fourth film in the franchise about alien-hunting secret agents will be lucky if it can replicate the witty repartee between Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith — the partnership that carried the first three films. The 24 films everyone will be talking about this summer 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z “Lady J” is still a lot of fun, though, thanks to its snappy repartee and stunning locations — often framed so the characters look like figurines in lavish dollhouses. Reviews: French drama ‘Lady J,’ alt-doc ‘Woodsrider’ and western redux ‘The Glorious Seven’ 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z But after a few minutes of breezy repartee, his tone assumed an edge. How Lindsey Graham Went From Trump Skeptic to Trump Sidekick 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z He may be able to make jokes at the expense of Elizabeth Warren, but Ocasio-Cortez is better at online repartee than almost anyone else. Who is afraid of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? | Nathan Robinson 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Preferring verbal felicity to practical wisdom, a character in a Benjamin Disraeli novel quipped, “A majority is always the best repartee.” Opinion | Jeff Flake let down the GOP — and served the nation 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z This is the sort of charming repartee Tiger and Philly are promising the audience. Perspective | Tiger vs. Phil: A friendly match with the warmth of a boardroom 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z The repartee was good for some chuckles and clickbait headlines, but the mini-spat masked a more serious and significant debate taking place across corporate America: Have the traditional moats shrunk? Elon Musk Wants to Fill Warren Buffett’s ‘Moat’ With Candy, but It Still Holds Water 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z The 10-year is not exactly the subject of repartee at my dinner table. Perspective | Why 4 percent is the new 3 percent on the 10-year Treasury yield 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z One-line quips and witty repartee would be dangerously distracting in actual mortal combat, but everyone knows most of the combat is not mortal, even by the absurd standards of action films. How Marvel’s superhero films exploit the genre’s limitations 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z If the example of Quentin Tarantino is unmistakable, so too are the influences of Oscar Wilde and Harold Pinter in a movie that grows intoxicated with its own caustic repartee. Why 'Three Billboards' and 'Call Me by Your Name' leave this theater critic cold 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z But then along came the walking book of quotations known as Adam Rippon, whose repartee is sharper than his skate blades. Moments Large and Small in a Memorable Olympics 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z They’re two men born 3,521 miles apart, then linked as Olympics do best, then flung into friendship and adept repartee by some biological quirk common to more than 1,500 species. America’s gay Olympians hope that in 20 years, ‘gay Olympians’ won’t be a thing 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z The script strives to capture the same irreverence and bonhomie, but the repartee is not nearly as clever as it thinks it is or needs to be. Duncan Jones' sci-fi noir 'Mute' mashes matters of the heart with a multitude of influences 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Here came Murray, tearing those walls down with a never-ending repartee with the gallery. In defense of Bill Murray - Golf Digest 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z And they share whatever is eating at or propelling them in ruminative reveries and pungent repartee. Seattle Rep takes on August Wilson’s diffuse, powerful ‘Two Trains Running’ 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Indeed, “The Pajama Game” is actually a case study of love and lust on the job, couched in fun-loving repartee and music. Opinion | ‘Out of step’ shouldn’t mean the show can’t go on 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z While Sophia’s repartee can be entertaining, she’s easily thrown off topic and her replies, based on open-source software, sometimes miss the mark. Lifelike robots made in Hong Kong meant to win over humans 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z Indeed, Francesa’s shows are marked by his argumentative, often dismissive, repartee with the callers. Mike Francesa Won’t Be ‘Back After This’ 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z She is a typical recalcitrant teenager, albeit one with a way with words and a knack for the apposite repartee. Greta Gerwig’s charming solo directorial debut 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z It is both “low”—farcical, vulgar, reliant on physical gags—and “high”, dealing in sophistication and witty repartee. The furore over the categorisation of “Get Out” is misjudged 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z Despite that, and despite him showing his usual warmth and repartee, he didn't quite translate to a US audience and the show didn't last beyond its initial three-month run. Sir Bruce Forsyth: 8 little-known facts about his career - BBC News 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z In place of fresh, crisp dialogue, there’s a wilted word salad of vulgar repartee, the most common utterance of which — this being a Samuel L. Jackson film — is unprintable. Review | ‘The Hitman’s Bodyguard’: Fireballs, f-bombs — and yawns — in this tired buddy flick 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Next to a potato, a Walla Walla sweet is an elusive, alluring superstar, the kind with both the witty repartee and the winning smile. What’s so great about Walla Walla sweet onions? 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z They supplied quick-witted, slang-driven repartee that felt both revelatory and reassuring for dugout conversations and meetings on the mound. Where Did the Great Hollywood Baseball Movie Go? 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z What followed early Thursday afternoon was 10 minutes of gentle repartee, clothed in camaraderie. French jockey Flavien Prat rode to the top in Southern California. Now he gets his chance in the Kentucky Derby 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z To which Groucho replied, in his signature manner of gigabit-paced repartee: “If you’re going to compare figures, I don’t need an electric brain for that. It’s called an automatic reflex in my case.” Harry Huskey, Pioneering Computer Scientist, Is Dead at 101 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z At the bar, Captain James greeted newcomers — “Welcome Aboard!” — before he’d decide whether they were worthy of repartee. Perspective | Last call for a Rogue Saint 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z It’s not even the zesty, “Happy Days”-era repartee between the guys and dolls who toil together at the Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory. No nodding off during sassy ‘Pajama Game’ at 5th Avenue Theatre 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z Instead, the repartee between Brady and Belichick is largely a lot of highly technical, heavily operational talk. Tom Brady and Bill Belichick’s secret? It’s not personal; it’s just business 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z When the two repair to Troy’s backyard to share a bottle of gin and repartee, Troy’s talk continues, escalating into an exuberant recollection of when he “stared down” death during a bout of pneumonia. In ‘Fences,’ Denzel Washington channels a timeless character with gusto 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Each digitally remastered and restored, black-and-white gem features absurdist entertainment at its finest with witty repartee, slapstick, pantomime and even wacky musical numbers. Holiday Gift Guide 2016: Best of Blu-ray movies 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z More problematic is the strained buddy comedy repartee foisted upon Elba and Madden by screenwriter Andrew Baldwin. Even Idris Elba can't elevate the routine action-thriller 'The Take' 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Taproot’s production can’t do much about that, but it does lend a sparkling comic sheen that isn’t necessarily obvious in Slover’s labored repartee. At Taproot, the story of Handel and his ‘Joyful Noise’ 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Bush’s misogynistic repartee with Trump will likely be a major setback in attaining that goal. NBC plans to pull Billy Bush from 'Today' in wake of Trump tape leak 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z And while he was famous for witty repartee, his relationships with his adversaries—notably Neville Chamberlain in his own party and Labor’s Clement Attlee—were characterized by respect and civility. Churchill on Trump and Clinton 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Nayyem’s poise and gift for repartee made him an obvious fit for television, where, as an on-air host, he deployed his natural ease and charm to discomfit politicians. Reforming Ukraine After the Revolutions 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z When Ray coaches him during a fight, Roberto gets amusingly touchy about criticism, but the two form a bond with some sporadically funny repartee. In ‘Hands of Stone,’ Robert De Niro returns to the boxing ring — as a coach 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z These changes only happen when B. infantis feeds on H.M.O.s; if it gets lactose instead, it survives but doesn’t engage in any repartee with the baby’s cells. Breast-Feeding the Microbiome 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z It was roughly at this moment—just as things could have gone hideously south—that a moment of grace began to shine through the fog of nerves and bureaucratic repartee. The Day I Got My Green Card 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Mary smiled evenly, clearly delighted by my repartee. Lord Grantham Reacts to Brexit Decision 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z MPs in the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee and the Work and Pensions Committee are unlikely to be impressed by such repartee, even from the "King of the High Street". Will Sir Philip Green be humbled by MPs? - BBC News 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z From a fan perspective, it is true that football is a place where industrial language and playful repartee can freely exist. After Orlando terror, time for Mexican fans to dump 'puto' once and for all 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z Teens and preteens will likely eat up the dazzling street magic and forgive, or just enjoy, the verbose repartee. Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Now You See Me 2’ and more 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z In the years after that controversy, viewers tuned in for the repartee. Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell were must-see sports TV 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z The Trumpista repartee here is really funny, seems to fall into three categories. What We Can Learn From Donald Trump’s Unreleased Tax Returns 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Their repartee thus concluded, they move on to the mutually fascinating subject of Washington traffic jams. The Aspiring Novelist Who Became Obama’s Foreign-Policy Guru 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Even her mastery of punch-packing repartee is not without merit, except when it’s used as a weapon. Facing my fear: hearing myself echo my birthmother's judgmental outlook | Rebecca Carroll 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z We were in full joking repartee at this point. I was sure I was flirt-texting with The One 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z He was well-dressed, with a nice line in repartee. Does Paisley deserve to be City of Culture? - BBC News 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z But underneath the repartee lies a serious and persistent issue: what should be the relationship of the community to the emerging age of a high-tech, highly capitalized and highly specialized medical system? What “Downton Abbey” tells us about Obamacare 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z What pops loudly in this perfectly titled documentary is the exquisite repartee between these two very public intellectuals, who hotly hated each other. 'Heart of a Dog' and 'Best of Enemies' document love and hate (respectively) relationships 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Not making things easier for the chef is that not even his hard times have diminished his weakness for cutting repartee. Celebrity-chef comeback film 'Burnt' leaves a sour aftertaste 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Like everyone else on the team, Rivera likes to engage in the locker-room repartee. The Coach Who Won’t Leave the Locker Room 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z But she warmed up steadily during the debate and delivered a series of good repartees, including when she pushed back on criticism about her 2003 vote in support of the Iraq invasion. Hillary is alive but Bernie’s still there - BBC News 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z He described it as one of his top five experiences, adding that he "loved that repartee with the audience". Kenny Rogers to retire from touring - BBC News 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z He has said PMQs is too confrontational and he will refrain from "repartee", focusing instead on serious issues. Jeremy Corbyn's first Prime Minister's Questions: What to expect - BBC News 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z “I’m so looking forward to hearing the repartee between David and Johnny Miller,” he said. David Feherty to join NBC golf coverage 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z Over and over, DeLillo’s characters seem compelled to deploy the hopelessly faulty tools of morbid wit and repartee in an effort to understand something about a world that is mostly incomprehensible and inaccessible. Don DeLillo: anatomising the everyday terrors of American life 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z When they get on one of their favorite topics — Amazon, Uber, Facebook — they bounce back and forth in an accelerating game of dystopian repartee. Why are the most important people in media reading The Awl? 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z It’s mostly in the repartee and interactions with secondary characters. Review: In ‘The New Sincerity,’ Worldviews Are Constantly Changing 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z The camaraderie and snappy repartee among the terrific cast of “Avengers” make this latest Marvel epic consistently entertaining and likely to please teens and also tweens who are into comic-book heroics and fantasy. Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Tomorrowland’ 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Like I said, none of these are going to smash the patriarchy with the sheer force of verbal repartee. 6 Ways To Shut Down Sexist Comments At Work 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Witty repartee among the show’s memorable characters kept viewers tuning in. Netflix’s “House of Cards” secrets: The real story behind Kevin Spacey and Frank Underwood’s meteoric ascent 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z It is the repartee between the two men, and the odd symbiosis that develops between them, that forms the core of the piece. Rupert Goold, ‘True Story’ director, on the fictional nature of truth 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z This interchange, then confined to a discreet privileged circle, could now be a TV chat show joke, with a happy resonance of the repartee of his famous imitation game. The Private Anguish of Alan Turing The one-on-one play continued, as did the repartee. A Plucky Defender Schools the Nets 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z So here is a modest proposal: if witty repartee is out of the question, why not take a leaf out of the Ukrainian or Italian parliament’s book and go straight to the fisticuffs? Order, order! 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Although they now live in different cities in Yorkshire - Root in Sheffield, Ballance in Leeds - the repartee that marked their time as housemates remains in force. 'We still find a way to play pranks' 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z One of its many talents is to defend us from emotional vulnerability, which it does, at times, with jokes and quick repartee. Don't Let Your Head Attack Your Heart 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z He's good on his feet and a master of repartee. How to wrest control of our data from spies and their networks 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z There are still tragic moments, but they exist within a world of pratfalls and exaggerated repartee. Faction of Fools puts on ‘Titus Andronicus’ But the repartee in “A Song at Twilight” doesn’t come close to matching Mr. Coward’s best, and even at 90 intermission-less minutes, the play seems somewhat long. | Connecticut: A Review of ‘A Song at Twilight’ 2014-03-08T00:20:38Z Yes, he said, the deal would produce good publicity, though oddly enough, it was news to him that any of this repartee would appear in this article. How a Typical Patent Battle Took an Unexpected Turn 2013-07-13T19:42:03Z Worth hanging in to hear some of the repartee among the panelists. Content Is King, Distribution Is Queen 2013-07-09T22:34:00Z But he slides into the silk pajamas, luxurious dressing gowns and witty repartee of a 1930s Coward leading man with championship ease. | New Jersey: A Review of ‘Present Laughter,’ at Two River Theater Company 2013-06-15T01:22:06Z They deliver a performance full of very familiar ingredients: brief flashes of promise, gauche repartee and the sense that with enough visits to venues like this, they might just discover who they actually are. Can the UK's 'toilet circuit' of small music venues survive? 2013-02-22T16:30:00Z In Sorkin’s early sitcom, Sports Night, TV journalists ride high on crackerjack repartee and stories of mythic athleticism. The Romance of the Professional 2013-01-04T12:59:39Z It is self-proud and, in the right places and times, full of ebullient song and eccentric repartee. An Oasis In Dublin To Ponder 2012-10-15T20:50:41Z They glory in the readiness of their repartee to their fathers' workmen, to be mistaken for one of whom gives them the keenest pleasure. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z The repartee came absolutely on the spur of the moment. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z Fifine's eyes sparkled with pleasure at what she deemed the well-bred readiness of this speech, while Polly became deadly pale, and seemed with difficulty to repress the repartee that rose to her mind. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z Jack Point meanwhile tries on the officer some of his best conundrums and his incorrigible talent for repartee. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z And in the course of it occurred the repartee recorded at the beginning of this story. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z From the repartees appended to this statue the term Pasquinade is derived. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z I answered, striving against the laughter, which at his repartee flashed through the room, bringing the blood rushing to my face. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z “The half-timers,” we are told, “become clever at repartee and in the use of ‘mannish’ phrases, which sound clever when they dare use them. Boy Labour and Apprenticeship 2012-03-30T02:00:18.807Z G., either in promptness of repartee, in breadth of view, or in philosophic depth. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z Triumph swam in my father’s eyes, at the repartee—the Attic salt brought water into them—and so Obadiah heard no more about it. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2012-03-28T02:00:26.907Z His feasts were celebrated for the brilliant conversation and witty repartee in which, not only his guests, but the monarch himself, occasionally indulged; at the expense of many an aching hour of lonely reaction. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z Laughing girls crowded into ramshackle carts exchanged gay repartee in the passing. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Jests, repartees, and sparkling anecdotes followed quickly one upon the other. Fickle Fortune 2012-03-20T02:00:13.167Z All her pretty, frivolous conversation, all the bright remarks and witty repartee, wavered away from her mind. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z He was quick at repartee and often held up the other side to ridicule in telling metaphor. Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft 2012-03-16T02:00:21.923Z They were as quick-witted—as quick and brilliant at repartee as the Irish or French. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z And while it must be admitted that there was nothing at all brilliant or elevating in the exchange of youthful repartee that had taken place, who shall say that both did not profit by it? The Auto Boys' Quest 2012-03-12T03:00:25.647Z Captain Dove had palpable difficulty in suppressing the obvious repartee to that last bit of advice. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z Good bishop Valentine! thy feast was well kept, and not without the usual jokes and flings at old bachelors, the exchange of sugar-plums, mottoes, and repartees. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z Discussing the mooted subject of beards one morning lately, with some sprightly young ladies of my acquaintance, the following specimen of quickness of repartee was elicited. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z He delighted in what civilized people call the higher pleasures, the joys of good stories, witty sayings, quick repartee, and he had almost unlimited opportunity for cultivating the faculties which gave him greatest pleasure. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z In our days, the master of repartee and the after-dinner speaker is fore-doomed to forgetfulness, for he always stands alone, and to gain applause has to talk down to and flatter lower-class audiences. The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports 2012-02-19T03:00:17.513Z He told himself that she was a woman, and if she got the better of him in repartee, she would think that she had demolished Socialism. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z An altercation would serve no useful purpose, and his antagonist was notoriously quick at repartee. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z He was, too, a most brilliant wit and of wonderful quickness in repartee. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z Riposte, ri-pōst′, n. a quick short thrust in fencing: a repartee. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z He was extraordinarily quick in answer and repartee, and anyone who says that his wit was the result of preparation and midnight oil can never have heard him speak. The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports 2012-02-19T03:00:17.513Z It is, if you think of it, a form of repartee to which there is no reply. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z He was worn-out, his brain was heavy, and he did not feel equal to any attempt at repartee. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z The luck had not deserted Kelly, while Lady Oxford paid him a hundred flattering compliments and bantered her military lover, who was not ready at repartee or was not ready then. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z My friends, a certain sage has shown What paving-stones below are laid; Now learn that on each blast is blown The repartee we might have made! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 September 23, 1893 2012-01-27T03:00:21.910Z He had shot his bolt and had none of the ammunition of repartee at hand. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z Blessed with good spirits, full of clever anecdote and harmless repartee, with great conversational power, her prevailing characteristic is an utter absence of selfishness and affectation. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z Of masquerades, he considered that Englishmen neither possess the animal spirits nor quickness of repartee requisite for this amusement, but are apt to drop the fictitious character they assume, and take up their real one. The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3) 2012-01-18T03:00:13.193Z “And if I stay a hundred years,” was the repartee, “I shall not love you as I did the little boy I have just left”—so we started fair. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z The encounter of wits between slaves and fathers is conducted with the weapons of polished repartee and mutual deference to one another. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Pitt, like an angry wasp, seems to have left his sting in the wound, and has since assumed a style of delicate ridicule and repartee. Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections 2012-01-02T03:00:18.893Z Cobo remained unmoved, taking every opportunity that offered for shooting a poisoned dart of repartee at the foe, which enchanted the girls and made their elders smile soberly. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z Not finding the requisite repartee he was silent. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z He excelled especially in quick repartee, in “exquisite nonsense,” and in spontaneous humour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z As a journalist, war correspondent and literary critic, Hitchens carved out a reputation for barbed repartee, scathing critiques of public figures and a fierce intelligence. Polemical journalist and atheist Christopher Hitchens dead at 62 2011-12-16T06:50:32Z As such, how about I simply let today’s email from Dell underscore my exasperation and perhaps best display my repartee? DELL-ete Further Emails from XPS Premium Support, PUHLEASE! 2011-12-15T18:35:35Z Many of them knew him and greeted him; some paused an instant to respond with gracious repartee to his gallant phrases. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z It said that the honors of the debate had been with me, and gave a specimen of my repartee, which, it said, had swept Mr. Clay off his feet. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z Largely as a point of repartee, I told him not to be too certain I was not sure of my aim. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z In our days, the master of repartee and the after-dinner speaker is foredoomed to forgetfulness, for he always stands alone, and to gain applause has to talk down to and flatter lower-class audiences. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z I like old ladies with decided opinions, with a gift for repartee and some skill in the passions. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z “Ah!” he said satirically, “you cultivate the art of repartee in Ireland—as well as potatoes.” Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z The public has in turn learned to expect the sudden start, the swift pace, the placarded climax, the clever paradox, the crisp repartee, the pinchbeck style, the bared realism, the concluding click. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z Five thousand people made a circle around the competitors while the rivals contended in song and verse, riddle and repartee. Armenian Legends and Festivals 2011-11-26T03:00:13.237Z But apart from brilliant repartee and amusing paradox, the piece is full of passages of rare beauty and moments of touching pathos. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z The childlike sincerity of these shepherd farmers, the candour of their repartee and their appraisal of gentle-folk are as irresistible as their patience and equable temper. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z Her repartee caused a laugh, and Julie exclaimed, “Verny, I fear you are coming down with chills and fever,—you never were so pessimistic before!” Girl Scouts in the Rockies 2011-11-16T03:00:25.047Z And it also contrasts with fellow Republican Governor Chris Christie in neighboring New Jersey, whose town-hall-meeting repartee has become an Internet sensation. Corbett’s Laconic Style Put to Test in Penn State Abuse Scandal 2011-11-15T16:51:27Z He favours the tightest, thin-soled, pointed brown shoes, crops his hair, shaves his cheeks and chin clean, walks with a self-consciousness, and ogles and bandies repartee whenever he passes a maja. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z Let me say only that Wilde, in another story, takes a sinner to the Judgment Seat and introduces God the Father into a dialogue in which the sinner silences the Almighty by his repartee. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z "She's no fool," said Albert, looking after her as she walked away; "she is very amusing, and quick at repartee." San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z Quick and keen at repartee, he never practised it save when worth while. Poems 2011-11-14T03:00:17.707Z Those who had not this talent contented themselves with smiling and stupidly applauding the others' repartees, and occasionally trying to put their fingers in the pie with little success. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z But some of the arguments were of the nature of repartees. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z Why, then, I'm afraid we shan't cultivate any great brilliancy of repartee. Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z The Spanish ambassador, quick at repartee, added, “that in any case it was not the massacre of the Innocents.” Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z Marc and Eric cracked up reporters at last season’s All-Star Game with a constant dry, wisecracking repartee, like the Smothers Brothers filtered through a postmodern sensibility over years of family dinners. Hurricanes? Staal Reflects on Check That Injured Brother 2011-11-09T00:10:47Z This repartee caused great laughter among the picnickers. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z If occasionally his repartees gave offence, no one was more ready to apologise or to atone to any feeling that had been wounded. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z Well, if you can browbeat a London cabby and hold your own in repartee with a barmaid, it oughtn't to be difficult to get on all right in the House of Lords. Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z His conversation, mixed with new ideas, jests, lively but never bitter, unexpected repartee, always founded upon reason, made him singularly attractive.” Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z On the floor of the House, Mr. Clay was often impetuous in discussion, and delighted to relieve the tedium of debate, and modify the sternness of antagonism by a sportive jest or lively repartee. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z He holds quite a little reception from the tree-tops, entertaining passers-by with delightful repartee, and giving everybody a pear. Life's Minor Collisions 2011-11-03T02:00:17.547Z It was the delight of many people to report his phrases and repartees. The Brothers' War 2011-11-01T02:00:24.007Z Withering repartee seems to have no effect whatever on him. The Travelling Companions a Story in Scenes 2011-10-12T02:00:49.553Z His music, his songs, his jests and repartees, the gaiety and ardor of his nature, made him everywhere a favorite. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z One specimen has been preserved of Mr. Clay's felicity of repartee and charm of conversation, as exhibited while in Paris, immediately after the conclusion of Peace at Ghent. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z As for repartee, in particular; as it is the very soul of conversation, so it is the greatest grace of comedy, where it is proper to the characters. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z Wanton he is, and gay and dissolute, a good talker, that never falters for a clever repartee. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z She cannot be dismissed on the “simple idiot” theory of Voltaire, for her genius in war and her aptitude in repartee undoubtedly prove exceptional mental powers, unschooled though she was in what we call education. Psychical Miscellanea Being Papers on Psychical Research, Telepathy, Hypnotism, Christian Science, etc. 2011-10-01T02:00:35.717Z That kind of repartee is what the HBO “24/7” crews will be hoping for when they embed themselves with the teams at the start of December. Rangers and Flyers to Play Winter Classic, but Questions Persist Before Then 2011-09-27T00:00:23Z In a moment, the young folks were all enjoying the blunt repartee. Polly and Her Friends Abroad 2011-09-18T02:00:29.443Z "Your repartee with Georges is most affecting, but I do not see how it concerns a busy man like me." The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z The friction of two men, of two characters, of two passions, produces stronger sparks than Wrayburn's boyish repartees and Headstone's melodramatic commonplaces. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z Eliza Saltus, witty, quick at repartee, and interestingly sarcastic, took her place in the "family party" which constituted the social set in those days. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z "This repartee bewilders me and does not answer my question," declared Mrs. Forrester. The Secret Toll 2011-09-12T02:00:26.853Z He was telling a story of an Italian Marchesa, in which she made a clever repartee in French. Lighter Moments from the Notebook of Bishop Walsham How 2011-09-09T02:01:03.123Z "His dark black eyes sparkled with mirth and with a playful irony whenever he heard a witty remark or a prompt repartee." The life and teaching of Karl Marx 2011-09-03T02:00:19.203Z Dr. Johnson, too, was enchanted by the brisk humor and lively repartee in these clever West-of-England girls; and we have on record a bit of his talk to one of them. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z Quick-witted, clever at repartee, she was delighted when any one had the temerity to brave her son and give him back tit for tat. Edgar Saltus: The Man 2011-09-13T02:00:36.953Z Whittier was not only quick in repartee, but quick and lithe in all his movements, and quick in his mental processes. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z Gainsborough was tall, fair and handsome, generous, impulsive to the point of capriciousness, easily irritated, not of bookish likings, a lively talker, good at repartee. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z It would be interesting to know how the repartee came to Lord Bacon's knowledge. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z As he was not quick at repartee, he failed to discover the breach which Falk had left open; but Olle did, caught Aristotle with both hands and flung him back at his opponent. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z Four days in jail had taken a lot of his gift of repartee away. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z He remained awhile to bandy repartee with Rosabell and some of the other idlers. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z The party arranged themselves at two tables, keeping up a running fire of loud-toned repartee. Marjorie Dean, College Senior 2011-08-01T02:00:12.720Z The Queen shared her father's liking for being on terms of cheerful repartee with the people. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z Here all are friends, gathered by the attractions of music, song, and repartee. George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life 2011-07-31T02:00:08.463Z It is the most home-like club one can imagine; too small to have coteries, and with lots of bright, sensible boys, quick at repartee. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 2011-07-30T02:00:16.467Z She was full of quick turns of repartee, that, when she indulged them, almost frightened Mrs. Temple, who had the average woman’s incapacity for humor. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z He is not very friendly but is quick at repartee and so the fellows let him alone. Molly Brown of Kentucky 2011-07-16T02:00:18.603Z “It was rather warm upon you, certainly,” said Chumbley; “but she was wild, and you were not above a few bitter repartees.” One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z A little incident at the opening showed his undiminished aptitude for ready repartee. A New Medley of Memories 2011-07-12T02:00:37.147Z However rude grown-ups may be; But keep politely silent, tho' He brim with scathing repartee; For nothing is considered worse Than scoring off Mamma or Nurse. Verse and Worse 2011-07-12T02:00:34.607Z It was on this tee that Waddles tried to hand the Major's stuff back to him, probably figuring that he could stand as much conversation as his opponent, and last longer at the repartee. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z The old woman chuckled with delight in remembrance of her repartee. Molly Brown of Kentucky 2011-07-16T02:00:18.603Z Here Eleanor, even at fourteen, was made a popular idol; her extreme beauty, her vivacity, her talents, her sharpness of repartee, all were admired, extolled, and encouraged. Home Influence A Tale for Mothers and Daughters 2011-07-10T02:00:16.790Z From the repartee and laughter of the general conversation, Olive, sitting there, bright and winning as of old, at times drops out. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z Bracebrydge was consoling himself by teasing Lily, and receiving from that young person, not unaided by Hazel, many a repartee fully up to the viciousness of his own thrusts. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z The laughing, saucy lips, so ready with badinage and repartee, are closed tightly together, and the blue eyes, erewhile flashing and sparkling with light-hearted mirth, now start forth with a hard stare. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Once he began concocting repartees he forgot all else and gave his pen its head. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z A general laugh arose at this repartee, and the fox was so much pleased with it, that he instantly recalled the challenge. The Student-Life of Germany 2011-07-03T02:00:09.143Z It constitutes more than half the point of a brilliant repartee or play upon words. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z The strain of such repartee proved too much for Austin; he felt himself outclassed and, shuffling to cover his discomfiture, sought another subject. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z Having subjected Stirling and O'Hara to an examination—in which the Irishman scored more than once by his smart repartees—the prisoners were dismissed. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z "Well, yes, and it seems I'm not the only one in that plight," retorted the other, with the quick repartee belonging to these people. The Night Riders A Thrilling Story of Love, Hate and Adventure, Graphically Depicting the Tobacco Uprising in Kentucky 2011-06-23T02:00:24.513Z Her girlish prattle was more charming to him than the profoundest disquisitions of scholars, or the brilliant repartee of literary coteries. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z In like manner, a brilliant repartee is amusing, though we may have no notion who uttered it: in fact, not infrequently the same story is told, with equal effect, about two or more different men. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z He introduced himself to the principal nobles, and gained their friendship by his pleasing and agreeable manners, as well as by his wit and his happy and brilliant repartees. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z We came to a little bickering, and, in spite of my deficient French, repartee came to me quicker than to him, and I won. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z Then the grand brain-fight began; the rivals contended in song and verse, riddle and repartee. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z Her eyes and color were brilliant; her laugh ready; her repartee pointed and felicitous. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z Not only was Mr. Barnum quick to grasp a situation, but was also ready at repartee. Sawdust & Spangles Stories & Secrets of the Circus 2011-05-27T02:00:18.113Z The little wit I had was soon hopelessly knocked out of me, while Katie, quick and alert, was equally ready at showing all she knew, and shielded herself by repartee when she knew nothing. Boston Neighbours In Town and Out 2011-05-24T02:00:13.567Z Jessie, however, was really too much worried to enter into any repartee of this character. The Campfire Girls on Station Island or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht 2011-05-19T02:00:07.110Z Occasionally one finds some trouble in keeping ahead of the Pullman porter in the matter of repartee. From Pillar to Post Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book 2011-05-05T02:00:21.620Z With much good-natured badinage and repartee we climbed the West Point hill and took the outer avenue that skirts the river edge of the plain and campus. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z He consoled himself for his plots by taking extraordinary liberties with them, and amused himself with quips, bons-mots, epigrams and repartee that had really nothing to do with the business in hand. Oscar Wilde A Critical Study 2011-05-04T02:00:14.580Z We had had enough, and much gayety and good-humored repartee had made it a very delightful party. At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-04T02:00:13.920Z I have noticed that some pungent remark, or sarcastic repartee is often more effective than a set speech. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z And despite the show being traditionally built around its wisecracking male characters, Sullivan ensured that newcomers such as Cassandra and Raquel often had the better of the verbal repartee. Lovely jubbly! 2011-04-23T18:57:33Z Their keen wit, quick repartee, and droll stories at these times will never be forgotten by those privileged to listen. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z "Poison your grandfather—I wish I had when he was a boy, and I wouldn't be troubled with you now," was her subtle repartee to this. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z A sense of humor is a family heritage which has come down from the women of your mother's line, who were noted for their brilliant repartee. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z He was frequently interrupted, especially by the Democrats; and he suggested to me the idea of a lion at bay, shaking off and striking at his opponents with caustic wit and scathing repartee. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z There was not a lot of communal repartee between those guys for all the world to see and follow. On Golf: Europeans? More Open Approach Wins Fans 2011-04-07T01:32:01Z He can talk extremely well on serious and recondite subjects, but the quick jest and easy repartee of the parlor and the dining-room are beyond him. The Man Who Pleases and the Woman Who Charms 2011-04-05T02:00:10.347Z The attorneys were treated with even greater familiarity, themselves not disdaining to exchange a repartee as they passed, in which combats, be it said, they were not always the victors. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z And Rickards had to wipe his eyes as he laughed at the repartee. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z The common people have intelligent, happy faces, pleasant, cheerful ways, quickness of repartee, and civility. One Year Abroad 2011-03-27T02:00:18.457Z "I fancy that Count Truyn agrees with you there," was Arthur's repartee. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z To this no reply could be made; even the Countess's talent for repartee failed her, and the three walked on together silently. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z Conversation was briskly kept up amid the usual fire of pun, repartee, anecdote, politics, toasts, healths, jokes, broad laughter, erudite disquisitions upon the vintage of the wines they were drinking, and an occasional song. Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 2011-03-04T03:00:58.347Z There was just that pertness in the speech that stood for wit with the company, and they laughed loud and heartily at what they fancied to be a repartee. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z After some joking repartee, I retired to bed but could not help noticing how much more crooked the staircase seemed than usual and how the ceiling appeared to be falling. Forty Years of 'Spy' 2011-03-04T03:00:57.237Z You may be the great talker of dinner-parties,—the wit who never wanted his repartee. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z His speeches are characterized always by plain and direct purpose, sound argument and happy illustration, and often by sparkling repartee and passages of stirring eloquence. Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z A man quick at repartee would have answered the silly remark with a gay jest. Asbe?n From the Life of a Virtuoso 2011-02-27T03:00:30.780Z He was captivated by her beauty, by her vivacity, by her brilliancy in repartee—Miss Theodora would have called the last "pertness." Miss Theodora A West End Story 2011-02-26T03:00:48.940Z There was no smile on the faces of the waiting mountain men, usually to be expected when one of their number achieves repartee on a tenderfoot. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z Only Marjorie's entire freedom from Irish blood saved him from a vindictive repartee. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Mr. Douglas is a powerful debater, quick, ready at repartee, strong in his logic, and possessing that animal courage which is so necessary to the successful debater. Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z Gentleman's Companion, or an elegant and lively selection, of the bon mots, repartees, &c. of the most distinguished characters, in the brilliant circles of taste and fashion. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 2 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:34.387Z The Amazon was completely disconcerted by this happy repartee; and the crowd in good-humor dispersed. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z And Miss Eliza Gurney was equally interested in the exchange of sarcastic repartee. In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z Nor was Kate, now, an ungenerous listener; on the contrary, she relished his stores of wit and repartee. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z Sandow, whose strength did not lie in repartee, generally quitted the field when he began in that tone of mockery. Partners A Novel. 2011-02-02T03:00:20.690Z Thomas Manners, first Earl of Rutland, drew one of the best repartees ever made from Sir Thomas More, then Lord Chancellor. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z Amid all the rather decorous repartee was a gorilla in the room. Chicago News Cooperative: A Debate Worthy of the Student Council 2011-01-30T04:03:41Z The comedy, ranging from dry repartee to outright shtick, was on display Friday night at the Raleigh Convention Center before, during and after the show. If Only Jay Leno Could Play Right Wing 2011-01-29T20:42:10Z Had any one else so spoken to her, she would have found some gay repartee, would have turned the accident into a joke, and made it a pretext for merry banter. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z His wonted skill in repartee forsook him, and he could only say simply, in excuse, "Forgive me!" Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z Chaldaic improvisations burst from him, in quick Golden Verses, on the heel of humorous retort and repartee. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z “Black and Bret Harte, whose acquaintance he had just made, vied with each other in the good stories they told and the repartees they exchanged.” The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z There was no more time to waste upon useless repartees with a secretary, so Marise bolted to her own room. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z The relations between the trenches include even attempts at an exchange of repartee. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z He thought it a clever thing to answer her sarcasms with repartees in the same strain, in which there was even a touch of exaggeration. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z The usual merry bantering from each member of the club in turn succeeded, as a matter of course, and was replied to on Helen's part by a pretty rustic coyness or smart repartee. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z He magnanimously allowed her the pleasure of having outdone him in repartee. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z However rude grown-ups may be, But keep politely silent, tho' He brim with scathing repartee; For nothing is considered worse Than scoring off Mamma or Nurse. Perverted Proverbs A Manual of Immorals for the Many 2011-01-01T03:00:23.337Z His dialogue also is admirable, the repartee rapier-like, the wit most keen. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z A thousand brilliant repartees would flash through the brain of the obstreperous one. The Lighter Side of School Life 2010-12-24T03:00:31.150Z The reverend gentleman nevertheless took part in the evening's debate, and when he repeated his repartee to the audience, was greeted with hearty laughter and applause. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z Ideally, we'd have one of these out every Monday, and each edition would catalogue the previous week's brilliant conversation and sparkling game-related repartee. Best of Chatterbox: Move, Moyles and man nights 2010-10-04T09:53:00Z As a journalist, critic and war correspondent, Hitchens, 61, made his reputation with his cutting pen and barbed repartee and his memoir is rife with his pointed humor. After memoir, Hitchens to tangle once more with God 2010-06-08T16:30:00Z But while repartee is important, research is essential to avoid the interview becoming just publicity puff. Chat show gold 2010-05-17T13:35:00Z That's unusual for a man who prides himself on his repartee and his dry wit that has, at times, made Goldman's difficulties worse. Lloyd Blankfein. King of Wall Street defiant under seige 2010-04-24T23:05:00Z All these debates are enlivened with humorous remarks, anecdotes, flashes of wit, and clever repartees. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z He, swing coach Sean Foley and caddie Paul Tesori all excel at repartee, which often puts them at the center of the impromptu salons that form on ranges and practice greens. Sean O' Hair. At Peace. 2010-03-22T00:00:00Z Thanks for that charming bit of repartee, congressman. The Media Equation: A Column That Lost Its Social Graces 2010-03-01T02:58:00Z Otherwise the table consecrated to the young would have been less quiet, and enlivened by Hertha's sharp repartees. The Undying Past He pursued his occupation with the utmost coolness, turning round, from time to time, to repay their abuse by some cutting repartee. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 Roger, seldom at a loss for a repartee, waited until the laugh raised by Sir Thomas’s jest had passed. The Great Mogul He had enjoyed the society of the most brilliant circles, and exchanged epigrams and repartees with the best; he had also seen them steeped in debauchery and treachery, and terror-stricken in base compliance. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius She is obliged to grasp with pathetic gratitude at the straws of comfort blown in her direction by the winds of the European debate, wherein she serves the purposes of tu quoque repartee. The Sacred Egoism of Sinn Féin Sharnbrook shouted, as the ladies seemed to tire of their mutual repartees. A Poached Peerage Presence of mind, fathoming of motives, talent for repartee, are instances of this gift. An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent I pray you demand fair trial, yet anger not the King by repartee. The Great Mogul King Edward was extremely pleased with his raillery, and made him many good repartees, for he was aware that the cardinal was a gay man with the ladies, and a boon companion. The Boke of Noblesse Altogether it was a disadvantageous position, particularly for the exchange of repartee with such of my comrades as my youthful amiability had not endeared; I have seldom seen more cheerful indifference to bad weather. One-Act Plays By Modern Authors A smart repartee will tickle his sides agreeably; he understands demi-mots; he is good-tempered, and can take a joke as well as see through one. Friend Mac Donald He possessed, besides, a deep fund of satire, which had procured for him his name, his repartees being very frequently ironical or merry. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 The choice pleasantries, the attacks and repartees that we find in the small compendiums of civilities, which were for the use of the unassuming citizen, are so pitiable that they will not be given here. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. And just then I thought of a dashed good repartee: "Months—so many months, you know, since we met!" The Haunted Pajamas I confess to fondness for a bit of repartee with Desire now and then, myself. The Preliminaries And Other Stories Captious, cocksure, omniscient, he revelled in the uses of raillery and of repartee. The Shadow of a Man I could fancy the wit, the repartee, the gaiety and laughter that had reigned over the board the evening previous; but Nealman’s guests were a sober group to-night. Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery Upton had only to permit his powers to take their free course to be agreeable, and now talked away on whatever came uppermost, with a charming union of reflectiveness and repartee. The Fortunes Of Glencore "It wasn't a bad repartee, Galbraith," said Butler, joining in the laugh. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Yet he is merry as a clown, and always ready for the smallest joke, and quick to take "a point" or to return a repartee. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them Ancient Greece would not have looked at a turned-up nose; but such a nose denotes gaiety, wit, spirit of repartee, and we like it. Rambles in Womanland So she put it into her telegram, as a repartee to his audacious "dear." Through the Postern Gate A Romance in Seven Days One speaks sometimes just for the repartee, especially when no more than feeling after the interpretation of a man. The Great Miss Driver Both Dorothy and Phyllis were far too quick-witted and too ready with their tongues for her to hope to compete with them in repartee. Just Gerry Among this troop of comedians, there was one more grotesquely masked than the others, who acted as a sort of clown to the ring, monopolising the jests and repartees. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 While this was proceeding, Miguel and Filomena kept up a constant warfare of repartees, in which the young lady showed sovereign freedom, and he very little respect for her. Maximina Who could care for the pointless repartees of defunct Grand Dukes, or the meaningless caprices of long-buried Archduchesses? Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume I (of II) But all further repartee was cut off by the necessity of attending to business. The Frontier Boys in the Grand Canyon A Search for Treasure Cromwell did not attempt a repartee, and let the observation pass. The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII Yet it served to throw the conversation into a lighter vein, that ended in a run of repartee as sparkling as the champagne with which it was accompanied. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois Good stories rained around; jests, repartees, and epigrams flew like lightning; and one had but time to catch some sparkling gem as it glittered, ere another and another succeeded. Jack Hinton The Guardsman But for clear exposition, smooth and agreeable narrative, sententious and pointed brevity, witty repartee, it soon proves itself to have no superior and scarcely an equal in Europe. A Short History of French Literature He thought that was pretty good repartee, even if it was only mental. The Eye of Wilbur Mook He showed remarkable versatility in the conduct of his case, and his cross-examinations and repartees were brilliant in the extreme. Windyridge Hazel and his sisters made quite a bit of sport of the undertaking, but Jack took it all good naturedly, holding his own against the combined forces in repartee. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter Epigrams, good stories, repartees, and practical jokes rained in showers over the land. Jack Hinton The Guardsman The blonde Thetralde, not daring to speak after her elder sister, grew cherry-red, and cast a look of intense jealousy, almost of rage, upon the brunette Hildrude, whose quick repartee she envied. The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century She is on free and easy terms with all the men she meets, and ready at jests and repartee, sometimes far from seemly. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 Who so neat and nimble as Annele, so ready and quick at repartee? Edelweiss A Story When a group of them assembled within her hearing the swift exchange of repartee, accompanied by the inevitable side glance, was a thing to wonder at. Ewing\\'s Lady We ran across bare hills on an unmetalled road under a burning sun in front of a volley of playful repartee from the prominent citizens inside. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Her mind lacks swift response because she has had no chance to practise swiftness of response in conversation and repartee. The American Country Girl Of course all this was precious poor repartee or wit, especially in cold print. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising Her smart repartees, when she was very young, were repeated admiringly, and this flattered her vanity, and extinguished all childish ingenuousness. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine D'Israeli, in his "Curiosities of Literature," records that "It is certain that Cicero was an inveterate punster; and he seems to have been more ready with them than with repartees." The Handbook of Conundrums She herself was looking altogether winsome and delightful, as she flashed forth jest and repartee among the group surrounding her, for she was holding quite a little court. In the Whirl of the Rising As they pursued their journey many a joke was passed and repartee returned, and the laugh rang loudly and often from the merry little group as they trudged along. International Short Stories English My conversation is slow and dull; my humour saturnine and reserved; in short, I am none of those who endeavour to break jests in company or make repartees. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" Such teaching is good in such places; but the speakers must be prepared to rough it—to give and take, to be ready in repartee, to be abundant in anecdote and illustration. Here and There in London Why is the letter S like a pert repartee? The Handbook of Conundrums The true Chautauqua, aided as it was by the features of mirth and entertainment and repartee, was in the daily program followed diligently by the assembled thousands. The Story of Chautauqua And this was exactly the sort of thing that should have inspired their most adolescent repartee. Adolescents Only "And is this all our good news has done for us,—to set us exchanging tart speeches and sharp repartees with each other?" said Colonel Bramleigh. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly Passing into a happier vein, she unfolded her brilliant powers of repartee, expressed her own opinions, and sought to discover those of her companion. Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) Roxy Mays was an expert at twisting and turning and repartee, and making the worse seem the better reason. Helen Grant's Schooldays They will say that I have been in jail, but I shall reply with repartee. Seeds of Pine That was Dumas' way of putting a would-be impertinent opponent hors de combat, and his repartees were frequently drawn from the pursuit he loved as well, if not better than literature, namely, cooking. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections "Hanzli, my lad!" he exclaimed at last, in a very weak voice, after they had exhausted their telegraphic repartee; "Hanzli, tell me what is the matter with you." Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 A Marblehead fisherman reports hearing, while out one day in the bay, this bit of repartee between Thomas Lawson and a young woman, evidently no respecter of persons. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 And again, the repartee of a Laconian to a man of Sparta who twitted him with being unable to stand as long as himself on one leg. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 |
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