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• He got a series of insults off before I could come up with a single retort.From the entry get off
• He had a cutting retort on the tip of his tongue, but he choked it back.From the entry choke back
• Such speculations are often met with a retort that leans even harder into the stupidity allegation.2025 October 2, William Davies, “A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0”, in The Guardian. From the entry 4D chess
• Comes the retort: Putin has put nuclear-capable missiles in the Kaliningrad enclave between Poland and Lithuania.2017 January 3, Patrick J. Buchanan, “How to Avoid a New Cold War”, in The American Conservative. From the entry Cold War II
• Christie retorted, “Is that one of the skills you get as a United States senator?2016 February 6, Kyle Cheney, “11 most explosive moments of the GOP debate”, in Politico. From the entry esp
• "That's war, my girl," he retorted, and rubbed his mouth with the back of his hand.2013 March 12 [1968], Anton Myrer, chapter 1, in Once an Eagle, HarperCollins, →ISBN, Orchard. From the entry boodleize
• Don't do anything gooseish, will you?' 'No, and don't you do anything gooseish either!' she retorted.2008, Georgette Heyer, Charity Girl - Page 23. From the entry goosish
• Korean college students mainly consumed frozen food, retort food, and kimbap in convenience stores.1998 July 30, Soo-Jae Moon, Hye-June Yoon, Jung-Hyun Kim, Yang-Ja Lee, “A Study on the Perception and Consumption Pattern of Convenience…. From the entry retort food
• "If Mazzilli appointed him," Costa e Silva retorted, "he is going to unappoint him."1991, John W. F. Dulles, Carlos Lacerda, Brazilian Crusader: The years 1960-1977, page 232. From the entry unappoint
• Historically-sensitive writers (‘historicists’) have retorted that any legitimate logic must simply recapitulate (report) previous investigation.1989 May 18, David Gooding, Trevor Pinch, Simon Schaffer, “Justification and experiment”, in The Uses of Experiment: Studies in the…. From the entry precapitulate
• 'Oh certainly,' retorted Tinette impudently, as she flounced out of the room.1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 67. From the entry flounce
• The place was much like any ordinary lab., crowded with jars, test-tubes, retorts and so on.1936, Olaf Stapledon, chapter 20, in Odd John, New York: Galaxy Publishing, page 136. From the entry preponderant
• "I'm not going to promise anything after the perfectly fetid way you're running off," she retorted.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London. From the entry spice
• She was about to retort but something checked the words on her tongue.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC. From the entry check
• “Search me,” Becky retorted flippantly, “sooner we get home and make our eatin’s, Yetta’s went.1919 April, Louise Breitenbach Clancy, “Barterers”, in The Canadian Home Journal, volume fifteen, number twelve, Toronto, Ont.: The…. From the entry eatin'
• "If a man tells you he's a gentleman you can bet your boots he isn't," he retorted.1915, William Somerset Maugham, chapter 27, in Of Human Bondage. From the entry bet one's boots
• Exactly what my grandfather says," Dorothy retorted, fun flashing in that mignon face.1911 September 29, Marcin Barner, “Britz of Headquarters”, in The Branford Opinion. From the entry mignon
• The influencer’s infamous retort, “What color is your Bugatti?,” has been popularized as a way of bragging about one’s possessions.2023 February 10, Madeline Will, “5 Ways Teachers Can Confront Students’ Exposure to Andrew Tate and Other Online Extremists”, in…. From the entry what color is your Bugatti
• At a banal level, to many of the accusers can be said in retort: I am rubber, you are glue.2022, China Miéville, chapter 6, in A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto, →OCLC. From the entry I'm rubber, you're glue
• Joe Biden has had a two-word retort to recent questions about his record on civil rights and race: Barack Obama.2019 July 12, Laura Barrón-López and Alex Thompson, “Biden under fire for mass deportations under Obama”, in POLITICO. From the entry barack
• “I was expecting an ax-wielding berserker at the very least.” “You would,” Grace retorts, but she’s trying not to laugh.2017, Christina Phillips, Hooked, Entangled Publishing, LLC, →ISBN. From the entry berserk
• “Well, you haven't explained to me why you were wasted already by 5 o'clock in the arvy,” I retorted.2009, Faye Sakura Rentoule, Angel Service, page 39. From the entry arvy
• There are sophists who retort that Mr.2004, Lubomyr Y. Luciuk, Not Worthy: Walter Duranty’s Pulitzer Prize and the New York Times, Kingston, Canada: Kashtan Press, p 152. From the entry Holodomor
• The farmer would accuse his son of idleness; the son would retort that his father was a drunken gawm.2002, Joseph O'Conner, Star of the Sea, Vintage, published 2003, page 10. From the entry gawm
• It's my home !" retorted the friend.2000 July 18, Viv French, “Houses and homes”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry s'not
• And without so much as a departing retort, some face-saving insult, the duffel-coated rickle of banes slunk off.1992, Jeff Torrington, Swing Hammer Swing!, Harcourt Brace, published 1994, →ISBN, page 142. From the entry rickle of banes
• "If the homeless wind up with zilch," James retorted, veiling his indignation behind a malevolent smile, "it's because they deserve zilch."1991, Judith Arnold, One Good Turn, page 104. From the entry zilch
• The freebase is heated in a retort, foil, or other container and the vapor is inhaled as the freebase vaporizes.1987, Richard Seymour, David Elvin Smith, The Physician's Guide to Psychoactive Drugs, page 75. From the entry freebase
• Who says I speak?” retorted the voice.1986, Tanith Lee, “Delirium’s Mistress”, in Tales from the Flat Earth: Night’s Daughter, Delirium’s Mistress, Night’s Sorceries, Garden…. From the entry magicianry
• "Oh, that kind," retorted Carl, uptilting his chin a little.1970, Eleanor Hodgman Porter, Hustler Joe: and other stories. From the entry uptilt
• The other day one of the men doing the asbestosing on the acid retorts fell in a sulphuric sedimentation tank.1969, Peter Such, Fallout, House of Anansi Press, page 62. From the entry asbestos
• But Peter Petrovich did not accept this retort.1968, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, translated by Sidney Monas, Crime and Punishment, published 1866. From the entry captious
• Dennis sounds like a comical Irish story." "You just show your bad feeling when you say such a thing," she retorted.1944, Mazo de la Roche, The Building of Jalna, Little,Brown&co. From the entry Dennis
• He weaved away down the street, amidst the jovial joshings of the miners, to which he retorted with bibulous good nature.1936 December, Robert E. Howard, “The Vultures of Wahpeton”, in Smashing Novels Magazine. From the entry joshing

Meaning of retort

1. noun A sharp or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its originator; a comeback.
2. verb To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation.
3. verb To make a remark which reverses an argument upon its originator; to return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility.

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Questions about retort in a sentence

How do you use retort in a sentence?

Retort is used as a noun and verb. For example: “He countered her insult with a clever retort.”

What is a short sentence with retort?

“a retorted line”

What does retort mean?

Retort means a sharp or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its originator; a comeback.