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Ripost


Definition:

  • (n.) In fencing, a return thrust after a parry.
  • (n.) A quick and sharp refort; a repartee.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But a better riposte is to turn to Europe and see why democracy and human rights might need promoting.
  • (2) We must build up, not out,” was Soleri’s riposte.
  • (3) Arsenal had no riposte to the blue and white striped waves that tormented them all evening.
  • (4) While the strategic review offers a riposte to criticisms that the corporation has got too vast, Hunt and Bradshaw have, almost unnoticed, both moderated their criticisms in recent months.
  • (5) And yet Scotland should have offered an instant riposte.
  • (6) Yet it still felt vaguely surprising when Yaya Touré shrugged himself from his own fitful display – occasionally at his brutish best, just as often rather sluggish, and nothing like the player who rampaged in this arena as City all but claimed the title last April – to fizz in a riposte 12 minutes from time, but there was to be no relief at the end.
  • (7) Lambert's winner actually capped an England comeback, the hosts having twice trailed to goals from James Morrison, a former England Under-20s international, and Kenny Miller, with ripostes mustered by Theo Walcott and Danny Welbeck.
  • (8) When she heard Poor Boy from her son's 1970 album Bryter Layter, she set about issuing a dry riposte in the form of her own Poor Mum.
  • (9) The Tories' most effective riposte to this damaging charge yesterday was to point to Labour's indulgence of its own wealthy donors – one of whom, Swraj Paul, is a non-dom who has long sat in the Lords, and another of whom, David Sainsbury, made super-sized payments before being appointed to ministerial office.
  • (10) But the paper delayed publication for a day, ran Miliband's riposte, but also republished the original offending article alongside an editorial refusing to apologise.
  • (11) Though opposed by the conservative Popular party, Zapatero passed a Law of Historical Memory – a kind of legislative riposte to the pacto de olvido .
  • (12) But it is understood that he has been preparing a detailed riposte to the allegations – including claims that he gave his athlete Galen Rupp, who finished second to Farah in the 10,000m at the London 2012 Olympics, the anabolic steroid testosterone when he was still at high school.
  • (13) There had been tangible energy and drive from the QPR players from the outset, but as the clock ticked on, and they failed to convert their chances, self-doubt began to creep in, accompanied by loud choruses of "Stand up if you've won a game" from the away fans, to which there was no riposte.
  • (14) Johnson's riposte has been to start a rerun of the whole process , scheduling it to end handily close to an expected change of government and surely heartened by shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt's indication that he, unlike Bradshaw, wouldn't prevent Johnson from getting his way.
  • (15) Sarwar denied that the paper, which follows the release last Tuesday of Labour's plans to devolve greater control over income tax and control housing benefit, was a riposte to the Scottish government's independence white paper.
  • (16) Frank Lampard had spoken of the game passing in "all a bit of a daze", with team-mates left to pick over the drama to recreate the timeline: conceding to Sergio Busquets; losing John Terry to a red card; falling further behind to Andrés Iniesta; Ramires's glorious riposte; Lionel Messi's penalty miss; the quivering of the woodwork as they heaved to contain the holders; the desperate rearguard action before Fernando Torres, the £50m goalscorer with so few goals to his name, sprinted alone into Barça territory and equalised in stoppage time.
  • (17) BA has also ordered the same number of A350s, widely seen as Airbus's riposte to the Dreamliner.
  • (18) The second was delivered by way of riposte four days later, by Sir Michael Wilshaw , himself a lauded ex-headteacher who had turned the ghost of "the worst school in Britain" into an academic powerhouse, and been rewarded with the title of Her Majesty's chief inspector of schools and the keys to Ofsted.
  • (19) There are others: a swish terminal at London St Pancras; regular two-hour trips to Brussels and Paris on Eurostar; faster commuter times for people in Kent; and a riposte to those who say our railways are stuck in the Victorian era.
  • (20) And this week comes Bridesmaids , the so-called women's riposte to The Hangover.

Riposte


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But a better riposte is to turn to Europe and see why democracy and human rights might need promoting.
  • (2) We must build up, not out,” was Soleri’s riposte.
  • (3) Arsenal had no riposte to the blue and white striped waves that tormented them all evening.
  • (4) While the strategic review offers a riposte to criticisms that the corporation has got too vast, Hunt and Bradshaw have, almost unnoticed, both moderated their criticisms in recent months.
  • (5) And yet Scotland should have offered an instant riposte.
  • (6) Yet it still felt vaguely surprising when Yaya Touré shrugged himself from his own fitful display – occasionally at his brutish best, just as often rather sluggish, and nothing like the player who rampaged in this arena as City all but claimed the title last April – to fizz in a riposte 12 minutes from time, but there was to be no relief at the end.
  • (7) Lambert's winner actually capped an England comeback, the hosts having twice trailed to goals from James Morrison, a former England Under-20s international, and Kenny Miller, with ripostes mustered by Theo Walcott and Danny Welbeck.
  • (8) When she heard Poor Boy from her son's 1970 album Bryter Layter, she set about issuing a dry riposte in the form of her own Poor Mum.
  • (9) The Tories' most effective riposte to this damaging charge yesterday was to point to Labour's indulgence of its own wealthy donors – one of whom, Swraj Paul, is a non-dom who has long sat in the Lords, and another of whom, David Sainsbury, made super-sized payments before being appointed to ministerial office.
  • (10) But the paper delayed publication for a day, ran Miliband's riposte, but also republished the original offending article alongside an editorial refusing to apologise.
  • (11) Though opposed by the conservative Popular party, Zapatero passed a Law of Historical Memory – a kind of legislative riposte to the pacto de olvido .
  • (12) But it is understood that he has been preparing a detailed riposte to the allegations – including claims that he gave his athlete Galen Rupp, who finished second to Farah in the 10,000m at the London 2012 Olympics, the anabolic steroid testosterone when he was still at high school.
  • (13) There had been tangible energy and drive from the QPR players from the outset, but as the clock ticked on, and they failed to convert their chances, self-doubt began to creep in, accompanied by loud choruses of "Stand up if you've won a game" from the away fans, to which there was no riposte.
  • (14) Johnson's riposte has been to start a rerun of the whole process , scheduling it to end handily close to an expected change of government and surely heartened by shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt's indication that he, unlike Bradshaw, wouldn't prevent Johnson from getting his way.
  • (15) Sarwar denied that the paper, which follows the release last Tuesday of Labour's plans to devolve greater control over income tax and control housing benefit, was a riposte to the Scottish government's independence white paper.
  • (16) Frank Lampard had spoken of the game passing in "all a bit of a daze", with team-mates left to pick over the drama to recreate the timeline: conceding to Sergio Busquets; losing John Terry to a red card; falling further behind to Andrés Iniesta; Ramires's glorious riposte; Lionel Messi's penalty miss; the quivering of the woodwork as they heaved to contain the holders; the desperate rearguard action before Fernando Torres, the £50m goalscorer with so few goals to his name, sprinted alone into Barça territory and equalised in stoppage time.
  • (17) BA has also ordered the same number of A350s, widely seen as Airbus's riposte to the Dreamliner.
  • (18) The second was delivered by way of riposte four days later, by Sir Michael Wilshaw , himself a lauded ex-headteacher who had turned the ghost of "the worst school in Britain" into an academic powerhouse, and been rewarded with the title of Her Majesty's chief inspector of schools and the keys to Ofsted.
  • (19) There are others: a swish terminal at London St Pancras; regular two-hour trips to Brussels and Paris on Eurostar; faster commuter times for people in Kent; and a riposte to those who say our railways are stuck in the Victorian era.
  • (20) And this week comes Bridesmaids , the so-called women's riposte to The Hangover.

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