How to Use retort in a Sentence

retort

1 of 2 noun

• In a press conference for the film back in 2012, Craig was asked if Bond's retort was meant as a bluff.
  — Jolie Lash, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2021
• The next year, in 2006, Dr. Ballard published a lengthy retort.
  — Catherine Porter, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2023
• The retort is funny, ouchy, apt — and sounds like earned wisdom.
  — Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 11 Nov. 2021
• Their six 3-pointers combined were a retort to Creighton’s daring them to shoot.
  — New York Times, 28 Mar. 2021
• My retort is your grumpiness about consuming less beef and more beets is short lived.
  — Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
• Against this backdrop, Schuyler’s push to include Lazarus’ poem on the statue was a retort to nativism.
  — Elizabeth Stone, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 May 2023
• Still, the three field goals and lone rushing touchdown by Dominique Johnson were borne of bully ball for which the Longhorns had no retort.
  — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Sep. 2021
• The room is strewn with glittering retorts, cylinders, phials.
  — Meredi Ortega, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
• Those initial barbs from Mr. Munger prompted a sharp retort from the brokerage.
  — Jason Zweig, WSJ, 25 Feb. 2021
• Whoa, the retort goes, this was just a toddler, perhaps around no older than 3 years old (per the estimate of the heroic driver).
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021
• Aha, some retort, all of this might lead to a reduction in conflicts by a semblance of mutual.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2022
• My comment to that effect drew a sharp retort from my translator.
  — Lisa Kristine, CNN, 3 July 2021
• Their best trick is a kind of prosperity gospel, a towering retort to the naïve bleeding hearts shouting up at them from the ground floor.
  — Michael Friedrich, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023
• Aha, some retort, all of this might lead to a reduction in conflicts by a semblance of mutually.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 25 July 2022
• At the same time there were downtown residents and others who argued that a retort to terrorism — and what the neighborhood needed to come back to life — was a place for the arts.
  — Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
• For decades, these final two questions have served as the ultimate retort for Americans who refuse to look backward for progress.
  — Nick Martin, The New Republic, 7 May 2021
• Moreno made noises into the microphone and offered a retort while his team blared music through a boombox.
  — Manouk Akopyan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2022
• That’s my retort to anyone who ever says a degree in art history is useless.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 18 Jan. 2024
• The retort is that the CMS should have the authority to negotiate prices directly.
  — Scott Gottlieb, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2022
• Lasso’s retort to all likely would be to simply offer a smile and his trademark homemade biscuit.
  — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2021
• In a retort that underscores the hostility running through the office, Deputy Dist.
  — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2022
• The best retort is that Democrats do not really have working legislative control of the Senate anyway.
  — David Faris, The Week, 21 Apr. 2022
• Most people who identify as funny learn to make people laugh in the short term, at the level of quips and retorts; to come up with a humorous turn of events is another thing.
  — Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 21 June 2023
• The mayor's endorsement appeared to be a kind of retort to the allegations in the story about the shadowy groups that support the election of a number of city candidates.
  — Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 12 Oct. 2021
• Friends and acquaintances say that sort of congenial, yet quick retort is vintage Reinhart.
  — Arden Farhi, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2022
• Around the vitrine where the book is splayed open, contemporary artists like Judith Schaechter and Emma Helle respond with a feminine retort.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2023
• Lucky’s retort did not directly mention his grocery store or the Anchorage Liquor Store.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Nov. 2022
• That statement brought an instant retort from Whitmer, a Democrat who has been governor since 2019.
  — Paul Egan, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2022
• In the characters’ first encounter since breaking up, also the opening scene of the novel, Sabrine doesn’t have a snappy zinger or retort when speaking to Lora, the vampire who broke her heart.
  — Alexa Philippou, courant.com, 26 Dec. 2021
• In other words, a defiant retort to stereotypes about Appalachia.
  — Mark Athitakis, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2022

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retort

2 of 2 verb

• To the skeptics who retort that they were spanked as kids and turned out fine, Dr. Boateng holds space for that experience as well.
  — Essence, 28 Oct. 2022
• But some of those artists retort that consumerism has sucked the essential creativity out of art.
  — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2020
• Defenders might retort that such rules, even when vague or overly permissive, are better than none at all.
  — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2020
• Others retorted to this sentiment saying the park doesn’t tout itself as a nature haven and more as an urban town square for people to gather.
  — Dallas News, 1 Mar. 2023
• Wait for a second, businesses will retort, this is someone that by design wanted to come to the company for purposes of starting a union foothold.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2022
• The pessimists retort that structural changes—an aging population, slow growth of the workforce, barriers on trade, among others—will put upward pressure on prices for the long haul.
  — William A. Galston, WSJ, 18 May 2021
• Haley retorted, before abruptly moving on to the next question.
  — Meg Kinnard, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2023
• Education experts and those opposed to the bills retort that critical race theory isn’t taught in Texas schools anyway.
  — Edward McKinley, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Oct. 2021
• Icahn wanted his men on the board to force the company to back out of the merger, which Illumina retorted was legally impossible.
  — Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 27 July 2023
• Both of them would retort that they weren’t allowed to be efficient and productive, given the intrusion of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her acolytes.
  — Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 16 July 2023
• Opponents retort that kids who aren’t Christian could feel alienated in public classrooms.
  — Talia Richman, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
• Republican lawmakers have retorted that their colleagues on the other side of the aisle are trying to gain a partisan advantage.
  — Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 7 Dec. 2023
• Eugene Robinson: Fox is not a news network but a propaganda outlet Not so fast, Dominion retorted.
  — Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
• Zuckerberg retorted that anyone can find that information on the internet, according to two people familiar with the meeting, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the closed-door meeting.
  — David Dimolfetta, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
• After seeing many people retort to her comments by trying to convince that Katz was merely joking, Zegler acknowledged the long history of that excuse being levied against women.
  — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
• Cirque managers, however, retort that an old guard of artists never fully adapted to the business realities of a sprawling entertainment company.
  — New York Times, 9 May 2021
• Beijing retorts that the U.S. government is trying to stop potential commercial competitors.
  — Joe McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2023
• Concurring opinions aren’t binding law, Rowen retorted.
  — oregonlive, 10 June 2023
• So that’s the go-to retort whenever an astronomical valuation for a production company sets off entertainment investors’ Spidey-sense for danger.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2022
• To those who expressed outrage over these developments, Jaffe would retort that traditional jazz, and Preservation Hall in particular, had always intermingled with mainstream music.
  — Brett Martin, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2022
• The murkiness enables people to make dubious claims about what is dominant or popular online and allows the platforms to retort with similarly flimsy or warped evidence, limiting accountability on all sides, the researchers said.
  — Sapna Maheshwari, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023
• Jenna retorted before attempting to drop the subject altogether.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 28 Aug. 2023
• Technology firms and civil rights groups retort that encrypted communication are safer for everyone, not only criminals.
  — Barry Collins, Forbes, 11 Apr. 2021
• To the skeptics who retort that they were spanked as kids and turned out fine, Dr. Boateng holds space for that experience as well.
  — Essence, 28 Oct. 2022
• But some of those artists retort that consumerism has sucked the essential creativity out of art.
  — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2020
• Defenders might retort that such rules, even when vague or overly permissive, are better than none at all.
  — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2020
• Others retorted to this sentiment saying the park doesn’t tout itself as a nature haven and more as an urban town square for people to gather.
  — Dallas News, 1 Mar. 2023
• Wait for a second, businesses will retort, this is someone that by design wanted to come to the company for purposes of starting a union foothold.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2022
• The pessimists retort that structural changes—an aging population, slow growth of the workforce, barriers on trade, among others—will put upward pressure on prices for the long haul.
  — William A. Galston, WSJ, 18 May 2021
• Haley retorted, before abruptly moving on to the next question.
  — Meg Kinnard, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2023

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