put-down
Example Sentences
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Trump, who has feuded with O'Donnell for decades, saw an opportunity for a put-down when the veteran comic's name came up during Wednesday's meeting.
From Salon • Mar. 12, 2025
And let's not forget her iconic put-down to unwanted male attention that I'll admit to rolling out endlessly in my teens: "Ugh, as if!"
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2025
It was not only her contemptuous put-down: “You have no foreign policy experience and it shows.”
From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023
After pausing for the crowd to cheer the put-down, she continued, one hand over her heart.
From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2022
It’s the quintessential Toronto middle-class-matron put-down, the ultimate disapproval.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
