Example Sentences

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It is body language and facial expressions and sharp ripostes.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2024

Behind the clever ripostes was a mind on the rack.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2023

Greer’s wordplay is glorious: He drop-shots puns and ripostes, firing up his prose.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2022

Listeners on Friday were quick to notice Drake’s apparent ripostes to West.

From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2021

Risk after risk was declined, and the turns and ripostes were fast and furious.

From White Ashes by Kennedy, Sidney R. (Sidney Robinson)