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retort sentence examples

  • Retorted the man of the " church " .
  • Very dry and well written humor that you can easily relate to, ' comes the retort in another.
  • What can be a witty retort can be hurtful.
  • Retort stand, pointing downwards into a small beaker.
  • Mama ike quickly retorted " we are in mourning no-one has had time to cook.
  • Early gas retorts were made of iron in the form of a horizontal tube about 12 " in diameter.
  • Retorts made by government officials whenever this topic is brokered appear to be purely a tactic of obfuscation!
  • The winner of this year's competition is a sharp retort to the question do we need nature?
  • Retort house can be found on your right hand side, identified by our for sale board.
  • He glares at me and angrily retorts, 'don't gimme that crap, whit kinda life is it fur them?
  • In 1792 he heated coal in a closed iron retort with a hollow pipe attached.
  • To which i 'd retort in good old swashbuckling style: " it's phillip's choice.
  • One obvious retort is a steady diet of hard drugs.
  • I suffocate in the smell of sodden earth. can you ignore me just like that, friend? stop it, i retort.
  • I can only offer the cliche retort: " i don't know why i did it - i just did it.
  • Does a answer b's veiled insult with an angry retort or a gracious change of subject?
  • Don't ask allah's apostle too many things, and don't retort upon him in any case, and don't desert him.
  • One of the best retorts i saw was from mike reid a few years ago.
  • In racking his brains for a suitably crushing retort, he will probably forget what he is doing.
  • The recording picked up some loud retorts, which sound like gunfire or explosions.

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