Sentence examples for a witty retort from inspiring English sources

The best defense, though, may be a witty retort.

Molière would certainly have approved of such a witty retort.

"I see better without them," Westbrook said in a witty retort.

That's at least a week in which Baird has managed to avoid a witty retort from Victoria's premier, Daniel Andrews.

A witty retort might seem like a good idea, but it carries the risk of developing into a really unpleasant exchange.

("Oh, it only has a little butter -- what's the worst that can happen?") I'm dying for a witty retort, without having to lay out a medical explanation, to keep the attention from being on me.

Tease Felicia, and she would come back with a quick, witty retort, said Alissa Compitello, 17, a senior.

We talked about my infant daughter and schools and about Justice Harry Blackmun, and I said how inspiring it was to sit and watch the court in session, and she laughed and said, "I don't think it'd be a good idea for me to show up in a courtroom where a member of my family might be a defendant". A succinct and witty retort.

It is not a witty comeback.

This feels like an odd move for a band so self-aware – one capable of penning a song like Losing My Edge, a chaotic, neurotic and witty retort about being too old to be in a rock band, when Murphy definitely believed himself to be so.

Since the June summit meeting, Kim Jong Il has embarked on a shrewd campaign to burnish his image, proving himself deft at the sharp, witty retort and a master at affable but intelligent rapports.