A repartee is what a person thinks of after he becomes a departee. From LearnThat.org. [Dan Bennett]
A young Irish newsboy, with a gift for quips and repartee, is named Oscar Wilde. From Wordnik.com. ["The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack," steampunk by Mark Hodder] Reference
"I love to engage in repartee with people who are stupider than I am," Coulter told the crowd of 2,600 Wednesday. From Wordnik.com. [December 2005] Reference
“I love to engage in repartee with people who are stupider than I am,” Coulter told the 2,600 people at Jorgensen Auditorium. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Bush’s War on Christmas.] Reference
This is called repartee be th 'learned, an' Hogan. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Dooley's Philosophy] Reference
Let me reproduce the brilliant repartee: is all of Oklahoma a bit slow? (. From Wordnik.com. [Oklahoman Synechdoche] Reference
I’m rather fond of old-fashioned invective in repartee: but I don’t accuse folks of lying, unless I can prove it. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Strange Tales of Congressional Procedure] Reference
Mature politicians participate in the clamour of claims and repartee, which is the essential menu of a democratic diet. From Wordnik.com. [The Times of India] Reference
Sadly, some prog Think Pessimism participants can’t remember their own talking-points if they engage in repartee with the opposition. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » White House Flip-Flops on Murtha] Reference
But once on the ship, fades into the same kind of repartee he is known for, without much more. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference
I once worked for an Admiral who loved to joke and he carried on just that kind of repartee with his boss, who was a BIG Admiral. From Wordnik.com. [The morning after: thinking about April Fools Day] Reference
We have a great kind of repartee going, that kind of mirrors the characters we have. From Wordnik.com. [Give Me My Remote] Reference
Italians, and to a readiness at repartee which is still conspicuous at the present day in many parts of Italy. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius] Reference
We tried the effect of a little stage "repartee" once upon some people in real life, and we wished we hadn't afterward. From Wordnik.com. [Stage-Land] Reference
This is the kind of repartee that will help these close friends defuse the tension of sharing the 36-hole lead at the Masters. From Wordnik.com. [Edmonton Sun] Reference
However, I feel that the tone of this mornings 'repartee' has missed the highlight of the day, which is the '57 Chevy in the picture. From Wordnik.com. [Lone Star Times] Reference
But the situation could not be saved by any degree of repartee. From Wordnik.com. [White Ashes] Reference
Many critics love the show, praising its staccato repartee and edgy look. From Wordnik.com. [Sitcom Or Tragedy?] Reference
But they give a polished, modern performance, complete with slick repartee. From Wordnik.com. [Unlikely Stars] Reference
And they picked up many a gem of slang from the repartee that flashed forth. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X] Reference
Not exactly the pigtail-yanking repartee I remember from my playground years. From Wordnik.com. [Child's Play--Or Something More?] Reference
Hippy, instead of being ruffled, took keen delight, as usual, in her repartee. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders Among the Kentucky Mountaineers] Reference
No such merry place on earth as the cow camp, where humour, wit and repartee abounded. From Wordnik.com. [Ranching, Sport and Travel] Reference
On Media Day, players and the press meet at the stadium to engage in probing repartee. From Wordnik.com. [Media Day] Reference
"We have too many things to talk about to listen to repartee, even to such brilliant specimens.". From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach Or Strange Adventures Among The Orange Groves] Reference
Alec MacGillis: I'll just post this one without comment -- no harm in a little regional repartee. From Wordnik.com. [Outlook: Breaking up Washington] Reference
With a practiced eye and subtle repartee, she prides herself on the ability to match student to story. From Wordnik.com. [Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Sondheim on Sondheim, Collected Stories] Reference
At jokes and repartee he was as good as the best of them, and always enjoyed a laugh like the youngest. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman who went to Alaska] Reference
Reiterated shouts of laughter by the whole court, in which the bench itself joined, followed this repartee. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
Both were maudlin drunk and each was trying to impress the other with his wisdom, his repartee and boldness. From Wordnik.com. [David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story] Reference
"He was not much acquainted with books; and though he was rich in repartee, yet he never affected to reason.". From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
These young men were quick-witted and ready with repartee and counter-argument, and I saw in each eye a glint of an ideal. From Wordnik.com. [The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915] Reference
Her shrewd question, uttered almost unthinkingly in the cut-and-thrust of repartee, had got home somewhere on an old wound. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
Lately, I've begun to realize that before I became Java Man such insightful, witty repartee was completely beyond my abilities. From Wordnik.com. [American Beat: My Best Friend, Joe] Reference
On the question of the duration of the office of the representatives, there was a very lively piece of repartee between the two. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series] Reference
Their correspondence on this subject contains some passages of lively repartee, in which the elder undoubtedly came off second best. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series] Reference
Plain, yet not unpleasing, she had a superabundance of bright Irish humour, and a quickness of repartee that amused all, but offended none. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
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