Retorting
[rɪ'tɔrt]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Retort
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Examples
- Fledgeby retorting that he never heard of any such case but his own, Twemlow goes down again heavily. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This Mr. Guppy resents as a liberty, retorting, Jobling, there ARE chords in the human mind-- Jobling begs pardon. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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