retortin a sentence
retort as in: quick retort
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She wanted to retort that he that he sounded foolish, but she made herself count to ten and thought better of it.retort = quickly reply
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She retorted, "Takes one to know one."retorted = quickly replied
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Four, standing in the doorway, speaks before Peter can retort. (source)retort = quickly 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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"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)
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"So let him sweat like the rest of us," Gerald retorted. (source)
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Narciso retorted, "and if you seek to do evil to la Grande I will cut your heart out!" (source)retorted = replied quickly
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The retort silenced Matthew if it did not convince him. (source)retort = quick reply
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"That's none of your business," retorts Himmelstoss. (source)retorts = replies quickly
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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)retorting = quickly replying
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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)retorted = quickly replied
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Karim gave a curt reply in Russian, which the soldier returned with an even curter retort.† (source)retort = quickly reply
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"Of course she is," my father retorts.† (source)retorts = replies quickly
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They overheard Richardson accusing Woolf of grabbing his bridle, and Woolf retorting that Richardson had grabbed his whip.† (source)retorting = quickly replying
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Now Lennie retorted belligerently, "He ain't neither. George won't do nothing like that. ... He's nice to me." (source)retorted = replied quickly
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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
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