retorted

Example Sentences

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“Steve, it is time for you to drop out,” Bianco retorted in a video posted to social media soon after.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen retorted that a US acquisition of Greenland was "out of the question".

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

"If you throw me under the bus, OK, that's what I'm going to be," she retorted.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

Told baldness is generally seen as an aesthetic problem covered out-of-pocket, Lee retorted that young people with thinning hair view their plight as a “matter of survival.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

“I know you’re Nelthilta,” said Bigwig to the pretty young doe who had retorted to Chervil in the run.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams