quip
Example Sentences
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“Negotiations are a little different with those kinds of people because they want to make money and we want to make money,” he said as he quipped with Petikyan.
From Los Angeles Times
Hoy goes over to check in with Sir Andy Murray about his readiness and is met with a typical sardonic quip from his fellow Scot.
From BBC
What defines him instead are various quips, mordant jokes and accounts of bizarre behavior, many no doubt apocryphal, recorded by his admirers and detractors in the centuries after his death.
"Before we eat it, a few questions need to be resolved," he quipped.
From Barron's
As he turned and started heading up the trail he quipped, “So I think we’re pretty qualified for the hike.”
From Los Angeles Times
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