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

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

Carpenter’s response to her song being used without her consent was met with a trolling retort from the DHS.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025

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

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2025

Maybe their reluctance to utter anything romantically optimistic, or even to mention models, was due to fear of a sharp retort from Rosy.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson