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When confronted about Fischer's comments in interviews, Amis retorted with some insults of his own.
In 1148 he incurred Stephen's wrath by attending a papal council at Rheims and retorted with an interdict which was little regarded.
Kel retorted, shivering as she pulled the heavy black cloak over her mage's robe.
Pipes, though a little disconcerted, far from being disabled by the blow, in a trice retorted the compliment with his truncheon.
One of the bulls retorted with an angry snort by butting a wolf with his head.
Certainly, Jeremy had retorted with asperity, I dared to use it in the ground instead of in some pudding!
This enraged his domestics, who retorted the insult by blows.
Already showing the diva quality of a future star, Peña retorted that simply wasn't good enough: he wanted to run init.
The Law Society has retorted that it is simply acting in the spirit of testamentary freedom.
He retorted that he merely desired effective policing with nationalist minority community participation.
Another speaker retorted that the last year's economic growth in China has been based solely on government credit.
It is not a duty, Nathan retorted, we make the choice ourselves whether to pay attention.
Another retorted that if a state-owned railway company reached such efficiency, then she could no longer see any need to have it privatised.
Mr. ÖYMEN retorted that blasphemy against any religion was a crime in Denmark.
Jesus retorted that the priests had already profaned the holy day.
The court party retorted that the country party members were either secret Jacobites or self-seeking careerists, making trouble for their own ends.
A molecule of DNA is retorted as follows: The two bits are drawn aside by a rupture of the connections between nitrogenized bases.
Richard, stung by the Commons' effrontery, retorted that he would not remove one scullion from his kitchen at their behest.
NetAnts is a small utility which allows to download any file there several times without credit to be retorted in zero in the slightest problem.
The Atlanticists retorted that the Gulf experience confirmed that a common EC foreign and security policy was only a rhetorical exercise.
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Examples from Classical Literature
One day she retorted pertly when some covert remark, not altogether to her new mother's laudation, had been made by Lillian.
I havent time to explain my reasons for cutting that tommyrot out, retorted Piper.
Miriam retorted with the first scintillation of gaiety she had shown on this occasion.
He retorted with a fling at the green costume of the other, and then the bugle sounded for the flying start.
Id rather be a thickhead than a Pennsylvania Dutchman, any day, retorted the freckle-faced boy.
Its well enough for lily-livered, goose-fleshed lawyers to hold their tongues when men and soldiers talk, I retorted.
Drake retorted, with a laugh which sounded so reckless that wolfer glanced at him with surprise.
Patty, holding fast to affirmatory personal knowledge, retorted that the thing had been done.
What Hamilton ought to lose is some of its freshie freshmen, retorted Leslie.
You cant do anything now without making me out a fibber, retorted Eleanor.
When people made him angry he retorted to them with waspish sarcasms.
Christie retorted, by way of acknowledging the introduction.
Accused by Timarchus, retorted by convicting him of immorality.
He retorted by animadverting upon the preacher's heterodoxy.
Burke retorted, with the effect of stopping the other short.
Id like to see a girl get ahead of me,' retorted Charles, witheringly.
He now retorted in a coarse lumpish way, and Startop tried to turn the discussion aside with some small pleasantry that made us all laugh.
Then will they miss seeing a man, and not a popinjay, I retorted.
And Wickens, with a smile expressive of his sense of having retorted effectively upon the parson, nodded and walked away.
And hence, Sir, retorted I, your unbrotherly reflections upon me?
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