retort quickly
Frequency: 7.01.0 per million words
to reply in a fast manner
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Examples (10)
- She didn't hesitate to retort quickly to his rude comment.
- When challenged, he always seemed to retort quickly with a witty comeback.
- The child would often retort quickly when told to do something he didn't like.
- He was known for his ability to retort quickly in any debate.
- Despite the surprise attack, the general retorted quickly with a counter-strategy.
- "That's not fair!" she retorted quickly, her voice rising.
- The lawyer had to retort quickly to the prosecutor's sudden question.
- If you want to win an argument, you need to learn to retort quickly.
- Having been caught off guard, he still managed to retort quickly.
- She will retort quickly if you try to interrupt her.