dynamic
toggle menu
menu
vocabulary
1000+ books

retort
in a sentence

retort as in:  quick retort

Show 3 more sentences
  • "And why shouldn't I be fit?" she retorted, peering at him through the fading light.  (source)
    retorted = quickly replied
  • "Dumbledore's been driven out of this castle by the mere memory of me!" he hissed. "He's not as gone as you might think!" Harry retorted.  (source)
  • "So let him sweat like the rest of us," Gerald retorted.  (source)
▲ show less (of above)
Show 10 more with 4 word variations
  • Narciso retorted, "and if you seek to do evil to la Grande I will cut your heart out!"  (source)
    retorted = replied quickly
  • The retort silenced Matthew if it did not convince him.  (source)
    retort = quick reply
  • "That's none of your business," retorts Himmelstoss.  (source)
    retorts = replies quickly
  • As we talked, a raucous group of women surrounded Harper, teasing her and thanking her in Swahili, all at the same time—and she was laughing and retorting in rapid-fire Swahili.†  (source)
    retorting = quickly replying
  • "The most fun there is," retorted Fern, "is when the Ferris wheel stops and Henry and I are in the top car and Henry makes the car swing and we can see everything for miles and miles and miles."  (source)
    retorted = quickly replied
  • Karim gave a curt reply in Russian, which the soldier returned with an even curter retort.†  (source)
    retort = quickly reply
  • "Of course she is," my father retorts.†  (source)
    retorts = replies quickly
  • They overheard Richardson accusing Woolf of grabbing his bridle, and Woolf retorting that Richardson had grabbed his whip.†  (source)
    retorting = quickly replying
  • Now Lennie retorted belligerently, "He ain't neither. George won't do nothing like that. ... He's nice to me."  (source)
    retorted = replied quickly
  • Ken and Bob had this smart, competitive way of joking where one would make a wisecrack and the other would have a comeback and the first would have a retort to the comeback.†  (source)
    retort = quickly reply
▲ show less (of above)