retorted
Example Sentences
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Swimmers never attend opening ceremonies, Evans retorted when Billy Payne, president and chief executive of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, asked her to run the penultimate leg of the torch relay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Nonsense, retorted Thomas Matter, a wealthy banker and SVP lawmaker who helped initiate the referendum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
“Steve, it is time for you to drop out,” Bianco retorted in a video posted to social media soon after.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026
When the DfI witness said experts had agreed that Noah got in through bars, the family barrister retorted: "We don't know how Noah got in".
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
“Ha! Louise,” I retorted, “she couldn’t tell me from you at the lifeboat drill. ‘
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
