All 7 Uses

retort
in
Childhood's End
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What does anyone know of Karellen's powers?" retorted Stormgren.†
Chpt 2

retorted = quickly replied
"My dear Rikki," Karellen retorted, "it's only by not taking the human race seriously that I retain what fragments of my once considerable mental powers I still possess!"†
Chpt 2 *
"Despite your nationality," retorted Stormgren, "you're E'olish, aren't you?†
Chpt 3
I come from a small nation that had to fight for its liberties," retorted Stormgren.†
Chpt 3
I didn't know," retorted Benny.†
Chpt 8
"What do you want to do about it?" retorted Jean.†
Chpt 15
She had long ago threatened to make the appropriate retort by brewing him a cup of hemlock, but fbrtunately this herbal beverage was less common to New Athens than the old.†
Chpt 17

retort = quickly reply

Definitions:

(1) (retort as in: quick retort)
a quick reply to a question or remark -- especially a witty or critical one
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)