Sentence examples for swift retort from inspiring English sources
This suggestion that McSweeney's writers are somehow constrained brought a swift retort from Heidi Julavits, one of the editors of a McSweeney's publication, The Believer.
But the remarks from Abbott on Monday prompted a swift retort from Democratic Labor party senator John Madigan, one of the crossbench senators Abbott will have to court to achieve his legislative agenda in government.
And that swift retort could demonstrate where Ipswich's biggest hope rests - on McCarthy's ability to lift his players, lighten the mood, brush off the cobwebs and even whittle out the ones who are coasting, too comfortable.
The pledge from the British prompted swift retorts from France and Germany, which said no member has the option of "cherry picking" whatever European rules it wants to enforce.
He delivered a swift "not interested" retort when the name of Villas-Boas was raised in his post-match briefing, but his view on the current Chelsea came as he added: "We have to keep working.
But Anders Borg, 39, poster boy of the "New Moderates" who have put the long-governing Social Democrats out of office, does just that, and when the question of his coiffure comes up, the retort is swift: "This is northern Europe, a modern society.
This brought an instant retort.
Scaremongering, retort officials.
Nonsense, retort critics.
