gibe

Example Sentences

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The gibe blew Quayle off the debate stage; then, just a few weeks later, Republicans won the White House in a landslide.

From Los Angeles Times

“Kamala Harris” — a former district attorney and California’s attorney general— “prosecuted murderers and drug traffickers. Donald Trump fell asleep at his own trial,” Clinton gibed.

From Los Angeles Times

With the extent of that perceived boost now in question, some of those same figures greeted Biden’s announcement with veiled and not-so-veiled gibes.

From Los Angeles Times

The fact someone — whose motive and ideology remain unclear — sought to end his life has led to inevitable gibes about roosting chickens.

From Los Angeles Times

In a later jab that mixes the claims with a cutting gibe at Lamar's height yet again, he asks, “When you put your hands on your girl, is it self-defense ’cause she’s bigger than you?”

From Salon