retort
Example Sentences
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Vexed, Celeste retorts, “It’s supposed to feel like a club . . . A lot of the people coming to this show don’t even talk to their families.”
From Salon
“If airplane safety videos have taught me anything, David,” she retorts, “it’s that a mother puts her own mask on first.”
From Salon
“What? Clean the toilets with a toothbrush?” he retorted.
From Literature
When I admonished my 7 year-old for complaining too much during a particularly wonderful excursion, she retorted, “Daddy, complaining is my passion!”
From Los Angeles Times
To which Miller retorted with equal contempt, ‘You certainly did, Major. But tell me one thing: are you flying the same planes you flew in the last war, too?’
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
