Sentence examples for a strong retort from inspiring English sources

This elicited a strong retort on Nov. 10 from Philip Gordon, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for European Affairs.

That brought a strong retort from Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-N.Y., who accused Republicans of hypocrisy, saying they had cut administration requests for security funding and then made political hay out of the inevitable results.

But this drew a strong retort from church spokesmen and other faith-minded Greeks; it was the politician who was "trading in relics" by using the saint's arrival to score political points, they insisted.Doubtless there are other members of the Syriza government who share Mr Filis's reservations.

"I knew I had to create a moment," Gingrich said of his strong retorts.

Predictably, the piece has generated strong retorts from Microsoft's Ministry of Truth and from Ballmer himself ("It's not been a lost decade for me!" he barked from the tumbrel).

The gloomsters retort that a temporary run of anti-inflationary luck caused by falling oil prices, a strong dollar and economic weakness abroad is coming to an end.

Antismoking advocates retort that the companies can convey their information in black and white without using colorful images that have a strong emotional resonance with young people.

I sometimes take crap from people, because every now and then I confuse "taking crap" with being caring, and it's an hour or so later (or a month, or a year) when I realize that someone has taken advantage of me or said something really mean to me, and I find myself responding with a really strong and sassy retort hours (or months, or years) later with only myself as a witness.

Not to be outdone, Hillary and the Democrats volleyed back with an equally strong gun-control retort.

And his opponent, Elizabeth Warren, had the strongest possible retort: it doesn't matter.

When one of Mr Lee senior's young inquisitioners suggested that a bit more freedom of expression would make the country stronger, he retorted: "You mean to tell me that what is happening in Thailand and the Philippines is binding the people, building the nation?"Given the PAP's popularity, the opposition has sometimes sought to gain by losing.