retort

Example Sentences

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When the travel blogger told people about her sleepcation, she mostly heard the same retort: “It’s a sad world we live in where people travel just to sleep,” she recalled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

The mayor characterized Bondi’s retort as a “knee-jerk reaction” from an attorney general faced with damaging public trust concerns at her department.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

Among the responses threaded below Wilson’s retort, one is an edit of promotional materials for a 2011 television adaptation of Moby-Dick.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026

Mamdani's retort is that he's more like a Scandinavian politician, only browner.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025

Harry had his retort ready for when they asked him why he had not simply created a perfect grave with his wand, but he did not need it.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling