gibe

Example Sentences

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The remark was not audible among those present in the courtroom gallery, but Moghaddas saw and heard Girardi hurl the gibe from his seat at the defense table.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2023

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

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2021

“He’s a little different. We have all types,” the president said in a good-natured gibe.

From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2020

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

Despite this gibe he was rather impersonal toward me.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles