retort
Example Sentences
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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?’
Le Carré’s written retort begins, “What is too much?”
"I didn't start it," retorted a livid Rachel.
From BBC
Bogota retorted Thursday with a matching 30-percent "corrective action" on about 20 unspecified products, for now.
From Barron's
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