Sentence examples similar to deserved retort from inspiring English sources

But she showed me that you could get farther with a smile and a kind word than you could a well-deserved retort.

I got what I deserved; one of them retorted saying that they weren't up to much other than discussing how casual misogyny manifests in corporate executives.

Asked if she deserved employment rights and citizenship, Sophia retorted that as a "citizen of the world" she deserved rights.

"How can you say that?" a widow of a financial executive retorted, insisting that every person killed on Sept. 11 was a casualty of the same war and deserved equal treatment.

"I might as well retire" was the early retort from Brownlee as he paused for a well-earned breather after high-fiving the waiting spectators who greeted his performance of 1hr 48min 50sec with the applause it deserved.

Be firm regardless of her reaction; tears won't fall forever and sniping retorts don't deserve the indignity of an elaborate response.

To which Zacharias retorted, "Some of your friends in there deserve to be skewered".

For her part, Ehler retorts on Rape-aXe's website: "A medieval deed deserves a medieval consequence".

Mr. Zimam retorted, "If you have any proof that I did this, then I deserve the punishment".

"Why does the United States get to choose Obama?" Rajaraman retorted, directing a mock scold toward me: "We want him, the world needs him, and we all deserve him more than you do".

Her children deserve privacy, but how can her faith, if public life is Kelly's way of serving God? "I don't think God's telling me my values," she retorts.