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Definition of the day : « retort »

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Example sentences :
  • Her raillery, like the raillery of princes, was without fear of retort.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Kirkwood's smile robbed the retort of any flavor of incivility.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Mr Pecksniff was, as a matter of course, greatly entertained by this retort.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • I dared not retort, but I looked so hard at his paunch that the General smiled.
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • Karl had not the subtlety to retort, “Ay, but does it say what we like?”
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • "You're going to see one now," was all the retort Tom permitted himself.
  • Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout » by Victor Appleton
  • It was this play that drew forth from a woman, an American playwright, the retort stinging.
  • Extract from : « The Group » by Mercy Warren
  • But suppose that he were to retort, 'Thrasymachus, what do you mean?
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • But the moment it had subsided the derided one shot out his retort.
  • Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • But he did not retort; nor, to her surprise, did he raise his voice or order her off the premises.
  • Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln