backtalk
Example Sentences
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There will be backtalk, and lashings, and controversy, Mazariegos imagines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2023
A few plot points I believe we are meant to understand get tangled in the underbrush of backtalk.
From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2023
"Superintelligence" stars McCarthy as an ordinary woman whose TV, phone, and microwave start giving her snarky backtalk.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2020
Beantown denizens put off readers with their Brahmin-like brains and their skillful backtalk: they ranked at No. 5 in the survey for both intelligence and rudeness.
From Time ● Aug. 13, 2015
Truth is, I’m so nervous right now, I’d never backtalk again if it meant I’d get this job.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
