Sample Sentences for
retort
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retort as in:  quick retort

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    The retort silenced Matthew if it did not convince him.  (source)
    retort = quick reply
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    "And why shouldn't I be fit?" she retorted, peering at him through the fading light.  (source)
    retorted = quickly replied
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    "Not as surprised as I am to see you in a shop, Weasley," retorted Malfoy.  (source)
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    "Bosh!" retorted Prince Brat scornfully.  (source)
    retorted = quickly replied
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    She was watching a pale blue fluid move slowly through a tube from a beaker to a retort.†  (source)
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    "That's none of your business," retorts Himmelstoss.  (source)
    retorts = replies quickly
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    This argument went round and round, and I remember Mac retorting that hundreds of years ago there was a Hindi word for a craft that flew in the air, long before the airplane was invented, but that did not mean that airplanes existed in ancient India.†  (source)
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    "So let him sweat like the rest of us," Gerald retorted.  (source)
    retorted = quickly replied
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    Karim gave a curt reply in Russian, which the soldier returned with an even curter retort.†  (source)
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    "But not so quick as the one that killed our fathers," he retorts.†  (source)
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    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)
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    "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)
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    Minho started to retort, but Newt elbowed him in the gut.†  (source)
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