BANDY in a Sentence

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12 example sentences for BANDY, such as:

1. The stories being bandied about are completely false.
2. The prosecution and defense were bandying accusations back and forth.
3. They bandied the ball from player to player while they waited the game to start.
4. Young players now hear various sums bandied around about how much players are getting.
5. A Mini is a car that is bandy and urbane, which is to say, good on gas and easy to park.

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 Meanings and Examples of BANDY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
bandy
 v.  discuss lightly or glibly; exchange words heatedly
Classic Sentence:
1  His whole body moved up and down as he rubbed, and he was a funny sight from the rear, with his shaggy head and bandy legs.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: V
2  Your words are bitter, Rebecca," said Bois-Guilbert, pacing the apartment with impatience, "but I came not hither to bandy reproaches with you.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
3  That great man who was so revered by d'Artagnan the elder served as an object of ridicule to the Musketeers of Treville, who cracked their jokes upon his bandy legs and his crooked back.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 2 THE ANTECHAMBER OF M. DE TREVILLE
4  So the two stood bandying hard words, whereon the Achaeans sprang to their feet with a cry that rent the air, and were of two minds as to what they should do.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK III
5  As the crew toiled on, Laplandish speculations were bandied among them, concerning all these passing things.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 73. Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale; and Then ...
6  There were desperate lunges at these chosen spots seemingly every instant, and most of them were bandied like light toys between the contending forces.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
Example Sentence:
1  A Mini is a car that is bandy and urbane, which is to say, good on gas and easy to park.
2  While the president was happy to bandy patriotic generalizations with anyone who would listen to him, he refused to exchange words with unfriendly reporters at the press conference.
3  The prosecution and defense were bandying accusations back and forth.
4  They bandied the ball from player to player while they waited the game to start.
5  Young players now hear various sums bandied around about how much players are getting.
6  The stories being bandied about are completely false.