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quip
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  • He almost smiled, on the verge of making some quip about the large imaginations of small men—but his expression instead grew sober, as he considered the Bishop's smug assurance that all would "come to light."  (source)
  • I'd never realized how funny she was (not laugh-out-loud Daddy-funny, but full of great quips), and she never knew how lighthearted I could be.  (source)
    quips = clever, witty remarks
  • Matt commended Jorge for being brave enough to go along with this, and quipped to Mr. Greene that I had set the bar pretty high for next year's senior projects.  (source)
    quipped = made a clever, witty remark
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  • "There's always hope," his mom quipped, making Sophia laugh.  (source)
    quipped = responded in a clever way
  • "Busy job," quips Victor.†  (source)
    quips = clever, witty remarks; or makes such remarks
  • And he responded as he always did: with a quip.†  (source)
    quip = a clever, witty remark; or making such a remark
  • The prospect of his future life stretched before him like a sentence; not a prison sentence, but a long-winded sentence with a lot of unnecessary subordinate clauses, as he was soon in the habit of quipping during Happy Hour pickup time at the local campus bars and pubs.†  (source)
  • "Despite what your mama told you," he quipped, "violence does solve problems."  (source)
    quipped = made a clever, witty remark
  • Holder quips.†  (source)
    quips = clever, witty remarks; or makes such remarks
  • She was afraid that if he made a quip, the goddess would do something to him.†  (source)
    quip = a clever, witty remark; or making such a remark
  • People stopped to watch as he sang: "There once was a ravel named Kvothe Whose tongue was quick at quipping.†  (source)
  • "So it's like a school for dorks?" Lorenzo quipped.  (source)
    quipped = made a clever, witty remark
  • "Maybe the gold diggers," David quips.†  (source)
    quips = clever, witty remarks; or makes such remarks
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