All 4 Uses
retort
in
Cold Sassy Tree
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- "Shoot," retorted Aunt Loma, "what about that rancher out in Texas she was engaged to before she came here?†
retorted = quickly replied
- "I wish you was a boy, too, but you ain't," Grandpa retorted, "and you ain't go'n be no actress, neither.†
- I know what you gettin'," Mrs. Predmore retorted.†
- God retorted.†
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Definitions:
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(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)