Sentence examples for withering reply from inspiring English sources
"No," was the withering reply.
"Going out on a limb there, aren't you, pal?" came the withering reply.
Sarah's withering reply: "There's young, and there's embryonic".
Because, comes the withering reply, it is a fish course.
"I was thinking more about horses," came the judge's unintentionally withering reply.
Morgan maintained that "going to look at an office is not actually going to help", prompting a withering reply from Stuart: "That's a bit trite, isn't it?
Goodbye!," he turns on the girl with withering sarcasm and replies, "That is so fresh!... You've taken that line and used it out of context to insult me in this everyday situation!
Mandelson was withering in response.
Shorten's reply was withering: "I'm sure they just went home and changed their practices after a lecture from you... How many scandals will it take before a Liberal government says [banks] need more than a telling off?" Turnbull attacked Labor's plans to eliminate negative gearing (on all assets but new properties) and increasing capital gains tax by 50%.
"What a wonderful wife you are," he says when she brings him more coffee and Helene replies with a withering look.
It was an observation that brought a withering riposte from Duff, who replied: "Fortunately, there's nothing in our contract that says we have to like each other".
