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riposte
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riposte as in:  her witty riposte

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  • Their blades bound and disengaged, feinted, thrust, parried, riposted.†  (source)
  • He advanced so fast and smoothly that he seemed to apport and our blades rang as I parried his attack in sixte and riposted, was countered—remise, reprise, beat-and-attack—the phrase ran so smoothly, so long, and in such variation that a spectator might have thought that we were running through Grand Salute.†  (source)
  • "It's my belief you wouldn't know one if you were led right up to it by the hand," he riposted quickly; "and in this world you've got to see a thing first, before you can make use of it.†  (source)
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  • You're not my mother had become my most withering riposte.†  (source)
  • The little woman, attacked on a sudden, but never without arms, lighted up in an instant, parried and riposted with a home-thrust, which made Wagg's face tingle with shame; then she returned to her soup with the most perfect calm and a quiet smile on her face.†  (source)
  • His parries widened slightly, but his ripostes became more sudden now, and were interspersed with feints and unexpected attacks.†  (source)
  • But Fabritius ...he's making a pun on the genre ...a masterly riposte to the whole idea of trompe l'oeil ...because in other passages of the work—the head?†  (source)
  • He ducked and slashed, parried, riposted, jumped to the side, and stabbed in a whirl of activity.†  (source)
  • And with that elegant parting riposte, Root followed his squad into the night air.†  (source)
  • When he struck, I parried in quarte and riposted.†  (source)
  • I went out to get another bottle, but I was thwarted by the ATM, which gave me the much-anticipated riposte: There are insufficient funds in your account.†  (source)
  • She forced herself to calmness, thinking: A good riposte, that.†  (source)
  • The Prefect's riposte to criticisms echoed by the press-Could not the regulations be modified and made less stringent?†  (source)
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