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 • Oct. 1, 2024

“Now is not the time for excuses; now is the time for creativity and pragmatism,” she said in a thinly veiled gibe at Scholz.

From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2022

Saget then immediately changed his mind, almost as if he recognized that the humanity of this thought outpaced the fun of his gibe.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2022

Apparently unaware of the gibe, Mr Biden said he agreed.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2021

Johnny had seen enough of Madge and Dorcas and their suitors to know that the gibe about poor boys aspiring to Miss Lavinia had gone home.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes