acknowledge, back talk, comeback, crack, gag, jest, quips and cranks, rejoinder, retaliate, shoot back, turn of thought
Last update: September 11, 2016
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Her servant maid bit back a hard retort and left the house. [noun]
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She retorted heatedly to her boss's remarks. [Please select]
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Don't ask Allah's Apostle too many things, and do n't retort upon him in any case, and do n't desert him. [Please select]
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"You would have pleased me more if you had offered me the chance of seeing a new comedy," his wife retorted, pettishly. [Please select]
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As Duncan dared not retort upon his accuser by reminding him of his own premeditated treachery, and disdained to deprecate his resentment by any words of apology, he remained silent. [Please select]
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"You mean that he is greedier than I," retorted Papillon. [Please select]
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"Had you been at that race, young man," retorted Allan, "you would have wanted nothing to remind you of it for the longest day you have to live." [Please select]
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"I defy you," retorted Macbriar. [Please select]
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"And of yours," retorted Charron, beginning to imbibe the pugnacity of an English landlord, "that when you have got everything, you will enjoy what." [Please select]
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