gibe

Example Sentences

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The gibe blew Quayle off the debate stage; then, just a few weeks later, Republicans won the White House in a landslide.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2024

Apparently unaware of the gibe, Mr Biden said he agreed.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2021

Go ahead and look it up, if you please — the tweeted gibe has over 98,000 likes — but suffice to say they won’t let me put it in the newspaper.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2021

She then thanked the Korean cinemagoing public for “never hesitating to gibe us straightforward opinions that made us never about to be complacent, and to keep pushing the envelope.”

From The Guardian • Feb. 9, 2020

The words jibe, gibe, and jive are all verbs meaning to “kid” or “heckle.” lay/lie.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner