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

They seem to gibe perfectly until they don’t.

From New York Times • May 22, 2023

Judi Dench, in a 2004 crossing, grows more convulsed with each gibe.

From Washington Post • Apr. 24, 2023

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

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2021

Johnny had seen enough of Madge and Dorcas and their suitors to know that the gibe about poor boys aspiring to Miss Lavinia had gone home.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes