Example sentences for: retort

How can you use “retort” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Conservatives retort that liberals would never tolerate similar bigotry aimed at beliefs sacred to Jews or blacks.

  • On 22 February 1989, in a full-page color advertisement in The Times , the Honeywell was severed, leaving the new company name Bull . At the same time, the big brains came up with the slogan To business problems , we say Bull , rather an unfortunate decision for two reasons: first, bull is an almost-polite shortening of bullshit , as (almost) everyone knows; second, bull (or Bull !) as a retort means `bullshit; nonsense; balderdash' and, particularly, `Whatever you said [like, “I have a business problem”] is a lot of bullshit.

  • Emphatic negative retort expressing condemnation, defiance, hostility, opposition, refusal, rejection: As civilians we'll have to get used to using “No thanks!”

  • Actually, it was a quip pro quo--a retort Prudie could not resist.

  • flame an ill-considered, insulting e-mail or Usenet retort.


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