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List of antonyms from "riotous" to antonyms from "risks"


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Definition of the day : « riposte »

  • noun comeback
Example sentences :
  • My attack had lured him, as I desired that it should, into making a riposte.
  • Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini
  • But he did not add that he had tried to deliver any riposte.
  • Extract from : « On the Stairs » by Henry B. Fuller
  • May I venture to suggest to your Excellency that your riposte is more brilliant than safe?
  • Extract from : « Prisoners of Hope » by Mary Johnston
  • I instantly replied by a riposte, but failed to catch him napping.
  • Extract from : « The Great Quest » by Charles Boardman Hawes
  • Somehow, though, the riposte fell short of its expected result.
  • Extract from : « Rich Man, Poor Man » by Maximilian Foster
  • Burlingame was stung by the laughter in the court and ventured a riposte.
  • Extract from : « You Never Know Your Luck, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
  • The first riposte of the French Generalissimo had been delivered.
  • Extract from : « The New Gresham Encyclopedia » by Various
  • And thirdly, that your situation be as rear to the guard as possible, as to favour your riposte.
  • Extract from : « The Art of Fencing » by Monsieur L'Abbat
  • Was such diabolic quickness of riposte even 64 creditable to her years and sex?
  • Extract from : « An Idyll of All Fools' Day » by Josephine Daskam Bacon
  • His opponent with a desperate promptitude parried and riposted; the parry only just succeeded, the riposte failed.
  • Extract from : « The Ball and The Cross » by G.K. Chesterton