clever remark
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One clever remark read, “My favorite Star Wars memory would have to be the time Disney tried to lay legal claim to every tweet on Twitter that used a particular hashtag.”
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2020
“I'm laughing that you should have made a clever remark just now about Smerdyakov's belief in the existence of two saints who could move mountains.”
From The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A friend of ours made such a clever remark when he read it.’
From Beasts and Super-Beasts by Saki
A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted, and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a "joke."
From The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce
"That is an exceedingly clever remark of yours, young lady," Rawlins smiled.
From The Crimson Blind by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White
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