Sentences with phrase «semi-tense repartee»

In a calculated response, Clinton fired back with some good - humored repartee.

Every time I turn, there are men lined up waiting to deliver carefully rehearsed greetings or to initiate repartee.

Much as I like the intertwining of inspiring stories, witty repartee, and gong show ideas — I don't watch «Dragons» Den» or its American equivalent «Shark Tank.»

I will not endanger my high blood pressure in composing a repartee to your elegant, «shut - up».

While remarking that of course a barbarous age is not expected to hold to modern standards of decency, Chamberlain writes: «At the same time the whole range of literature might be ransacked in vain for a parallel to the naïve filthiness of the passage forming Section IV, or to the extraordinary topic which the hero Yamato - take and his mistress Miyazu are made to select as the theme of their repartee.»

When Christians are persecuted, terrorized and executed in communist or Muslim countries this is a matter for serious discussion and action, not witty repartee to prove who is the smartest kid on the block.

Politicians and other public figures competed to demonstrate their cleverness in repartee.

Like many of the children, she's alert to times when other children are too fragile to sustain the give - and - take of repartee; and when, as often happens at the after - school, one of the younger children suddenly begins to cry, or seems to be right at the precipice of tears, she switches gears almost immediately.

In the past the philosopher had folk with whom he could share the deepest of longings, or if not that, he could at least find witty repartee with others.

The witty repartee in the plays of Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw, for example, depends entirely on the pleasure audiences get from seeing traditional values turned upside down, as in Shaw's remark, «Do not do unto others as you would have them do unto you: you may not have the same tastes.»

Replacing Jon Stewart on The Daily Show is not one of them, as this awkward repartee during Woods» Tuesday press conference ahead of Thursday's PGA Championship painfully illustrates:

The Corso thing is tough because when you see footage from before his stroke the one - liner's and back - and - forth repartee that he had on - set are just things he can't do anymore.

The news isn't as in - depth — more outline style — and the comments / repartee are missing, but for now, I'm more willing to deal with that than I'm willing to deal with the SBN format.

His reply drew a few guffaws from the gallery, but in Minnesota, home of the salt truck, the world's largest open - pit iron mine and the only governor to have mastered the sleeper hold, that sort of repartee would have had»em rolling in the snowbanks.

Racy repartee is essential to the golf mating ritual.

After 10 minutes of semi-tense repartee between Oldfield and the medium - sized doorman who kept saying «Now Brian, come on,» two girls entered in sandals and were allowed down the stairs without a fuss.

Barber likens the four - minute radio repartee to «two fellas just talkin» over the fence.»

When the argument is in a Newsnight studio, the sparkling repartee hits you in the taxi home.

In a theatre dedicated to new writing, Sharon Clark's script is sharp and believable - the repartee between the characters is particularly bright, funny in parts and full of emotional attachment.

This human dullness makes it easy for the authors to show a machine shining by comparison, simply by ascribing a scintilla of subtlety to robotic repartee.

When usually someone asks me how do you take your coffee, my usual repartee is «seriously, very seriously».

After watching the revival on Netflix, I decided to go back to the beginning and have been completely addicted to the witty repartee of the Lorelais (and I'm certainly not hating watching young Milo Ventimiglia as the wayward Jess).

'' No time to lose with repartee, my loyal manservant!»

Rory has never been all that good of a person, but that fact was shielded in the original series with witty repartee, college acceptance letters, and big, big stacks of books.

So, why not make it a part of your free women dating repartee?

Some lesbians find general dating websites boring and uncouth, full of users more interested in exchanging crass invites than a witty repartee.

While your feminine wiles and witty repartee may have tugged at his heartstrings, making a killer first impression and getting the stamp of approval from those closest to him takes a slightly different strategy.

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Comedian definition, a professional entertainer who amuses by relating anecdotes, acting out comical situations, engaging in humorous repartee, etc..

The plot consists of bits: a fiery slugfest, a pause for bonding, a quick weep, and a patch of jokey repartee, before the slugging returns.

But the theme was disguised by fun, thrills and repartee.

Tongue - in - cheek repartee and action sequences employing clever gadgetry lend some zip to the yarns, which also showcase the rugged good looks of Robert Vaughn as debonair Napoleon Solo, and the blond, turtlenecked charm of David McCallum's Ilya Kuryakin.

Writer / director Jeff Lowell settles for a story that takes a little too long to tell, concocted situations a little too implausible to buy and repartee that occasionally hits the dartboard but never gets close to the bull's - eye.

This film is more fun than profound, more madcap than sober, and while I rarely laugh out loud at most comedies, I found myself chuckling and smiling now and then at the film's clever repartee.

Morris and Bunbury have great repartee.

The plot is unintelligible and the repartee amongst a great cast lacks any impact or charm because it's not rooted in any meaningful story or character development.

As the better Marvel films have shown, you need a lot more than zippy repartee to make a superhero film feel heartfelt and thematically resonant.

If only the masturbation jokes were nixed to make room for more of the fun repartee between Mark - Paul Gosselaar and Breckin Meyer.

During witty repartee with «Max,» Ethan reemphasized that the disk sold to her by Job was «worthless... it's bait, part of an internal molehunt,» and told her he wanted to ask Job why he had been «disavowed» - he then promised to «deliver the actual NOC list,» while warning her not to open up the «worthless» disk that was equipped with a homing device, that would automatically summon CIA agents within no more than 10 minutes.

Perhaps the only thing somewhat on the back burner in Django Unchained is Tarantino's penchant for witty repartee and clever monologues.

The filmmaker's sharp ear for repartee nudges Aiyaary toward something resembling a big statement on bribery and fraud in the Army..

Neither (Gooding nor Ulrich) has the distincitve spark of an action hero, and their Butch and Sundance repartee falls so consistently flat that you end up feeling a little embarrassed for them.

Her repartee with Deadpool is knockdown funny.

This repartee goes to both sides of the law, as Olivia Williams (The Last Days on Mars, Anna Karenina), in a refreshingly adroit performance as a Southern cop named Brentwood, has a lot of interplay with her partner that sounds like funnier banter than it is.

Even those who get a few laughs out of the title character's multidirectionally insulting repartee, delivered with relish by Woody Harrelson in the title role, may wonder what's so special about the source material.

Less obvious to mark are close - ups of the otherwise wonderful Alison Janney's oddly feral gape sharing time with the stunningly inappropriate repartee shared by George and Nina in majestically uncomfortable social situations.

The acting is a little stiff, save for a relatively lively and game Fred Gwynne, who leavens the seriousness of the film with his colorful and genial repartee.

As do Mr. Affleck and Ms. Lopez, though they are most likely aiming for suave, risqu wit, rather than the horselaughs their repartee provokes.