How To Use Riposte In A Sentence
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She never recanted - too fearful of losing the Duchess's abolitionist support - but unwittingly played a pivotal role in giving the Highland Scot a voice by provoking MacLeod's coruscating riposte.
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If that is intended as a riposte to the journalists and tastemakers who think that they have him pigeonholed, it is a spectacular and effective one.
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This is a timely riposte to critics who tried to pour scorn on her as smug, arrogant and aloof.
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She made a sharp/witty/neat riposte.
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The poem is a riposte to Lord Beauchamp's backhanded compliment to Australians, ‘Your birthstain you have turned to good.’
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In 192 thrilling seconds, his side provided ample riposte to all of their scorn and suggestion.
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Suffice to say that there are inconsistencies that remain unclarified, and a parre/riposte ensued from journalists; importers; agents and publishers from around the world.
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‘You think that science and progress provide all the answers,’ she riposted.
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He stepped, lunged, parried, riposted, all the movements flowing into the next, a dance of incredible intricacy.
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The ex-art school collective has fed fashion, feminism and photo-ops through the lowest of lo-fi fuzzboxes, kindergarten two-step beats, and tape recorder-quality disco - all in the guise of an arch riposte to modern pop culture.
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Besides, the breeze along the Nile will cool you down,’ I riposted.
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But the swordsman is going to have a tendency to frame issues as a series of advances and retreats, parries, ripostes, feints and strikes.
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That would be the perfect riposte.
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The violence continued sporadically for months; and months after it had died down, anonymous avengers riposted with a cycle of bomb blasts, a horrific postscript to the slaughter.
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I saw him cutting off distinguished authors at the ankles with short, savage ripostes that made one wince.
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Biting back her instinctive urge to make a biting riposte in defence of her twin, Alicia merely shook her head.
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Coming back from 2-0 down with 10 men was the perfect riposte to claims they had lost both their bottle and their way.
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Grilled salmon: Asda Extra Special New Zealand Pinot Noir 2009 £10.18, selected AsdaLighter, less tannic styles such as beaujolais or, in this case, pinot noir, are the prefect riposte to anyone who still believes red wines can't be served with fish.
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Fencing has developed over the centuries to become Europe's most refined martial art, and when one learns how to feint, lunge, parry and riposte it is possible to take this combative art to Olympic level.
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Social media users said that the phrase was a perfect riposte to attempts to spread violence and terror in London.
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At one point they threatened Carnot, who riposted that they were ‘ridiculous dictators'.
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His own comment yesterday was the perfect riposte.
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If the opponent flèches a lot, learn to deal with this by making a quick parry of prime and riposte to the lower target - particularly right handed-left handed or left-right.
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Suddenly on the back foot, he needed a quick riposte.
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The dialogue, too, feels like piecework, as if the bons mots and ripostes have been assembled from a library of index cards.
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The parry is the main defensive skills, often followed by the counter - riposte.
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We bumped into each other at a professional meeting, where he greeted me with a typical smiling riposte: ‘I always thought I was going to hear much more of you!
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Clearly, if it is perceived as of comparatively minor concern, few countries would risk making a military riposte.
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This is a timely riposte to critics who tried to pour scorn on her as smug, arrogant and aloof.
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They jabbed, parried, charged and riposted with such speed that the blades were indistinguishable blurs of reflected light now that the sun had risen over the horizon.
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What he has actually written is a witty riposte to one of the more entrenched theories in contemporary linguistics.
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This is arguably the most persuasive riposte to the erroneous notion that Western cinema says it all.
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The attack provoked a riposte, and the quarrel ranged far beyond the domain of rhetorical theory.
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Such a direct riposte is rare and the opportunity to make it courteously and publicly, rarer still.
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It's the perfect riposte to all those who wrote her off.
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Scotland's riposte was to gamely attempt to spin the ball wide, with Hinshelwood appearing twice in the line.
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He was rude to her and she replied with an equally vigorous riposte.
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In the columns gathered here, he throws around words like ‘ennui,’ ‘elan,’ ‘celerity,’ ‘phlebitic,’ and ‘riposte’ like an SAT test-prep instructor.
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Forcing the blade aside, he delivered a crushing riposte, thrusting with his weapon towards his midriff.
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To which Reginald riposted: ‘Oh yes you do, if you live in the South Hams, matey.’
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Acquired honor is procured through the never-ending game of verbal challenge and riposte.
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The problem with saying that you don't support the Royal Family is that royalists always blow the dust off the same old riposte.
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That would be the perfect riposte.
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If the government wants a quick riposte, it needs a sharp pick-up in investment.
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His own comment yesterday was the perfect riposte.
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The riposte to such cultural protectionism is that it is cynical, self-interested and reflects a cultural conservatism and snooty suspicion of popular culture by certain political elites.
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This is a timely riposte to critics who tried to pour scorn on her as smug, arrogant and aloof.
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Well, better that than the business failing altogether, is the obvious riposte.
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It's tough at the top," he said. "It's tougher at the bottom," riposted the billionaire.
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Ellen yearned to make a riposte, to say that all this seeming prosperity was insubstantial as a fog, but Madame Angelique suddenly held her drawing aloft, declaring, But see, an illustration excellente!
The Dressmaker
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It chronicles some great ripostes by caddies to golfers.
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A deflection wide with the right and a riposte with left and she fell.
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A soldier went down in a flash of steel as he neatly riposted his clumsy strike.
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What he has actually written is a witty riposte to one of the more entrenched theories in contemporary linguistics.
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The notion that this race is losing its lustre brings an explosive riposte.
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Suddenly on the back foot, he needed a quick riposte.
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The Ciollis, a hard driving clan that has expanded across the country from its Brooklyn base, found the perfect riposte, leasing bigger premises literally next door that they will call Grimaldi's.
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Grunting, the youth swung wildly in a violent riposte, not caring what he hit.
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Laura glanced at Grace, expecting a cheeky riposte.
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The operation is being seen as a swift riposte to the killing of a senior army commander.
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His every thrust was blocked or parried, and the riposte that followed each left him with another leaking wound.
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‘Hey, I've only got these or flip-flops,’ she ripostes.
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Lex parried his father's attacks without trying too hard and pressed his own ripostes well.
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‘Not pure, but poor,’ she riposted, winking at him.
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‘And you could try packing a bit lighter,’ he riposted, ‘You know you'll never wear all that, even if we're on Greenwood for a year.’
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The sexual chemistry between Wilks and Gray is palpable as they bounce ripostes off each other with wry wit and superb timing.
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If the government wants a quick riposte, it needs a sharp pick-up in investment.
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The riposte came on Wednesday from the head of the local carabinieri.
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The notion that this race is losing its lustre brings an explosive riposte.
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One-liners were bouncing around my head, ripostes to every single barb, especially those from the fat bloke.
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‘You and a number of people tried to cash in on the thing and when you didn't get your way, you tried to make sure I didn't get it off the ground,’ the witness riposted.
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We can also protect against hull breeches and heat,’ Dann ripostes.
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It's tough at the top," he said. "It's tougher at the bottom," riposted the billionaire.
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Social media users said that the phrase was a perfect riposte to attempts to spread violence and terror in London.
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But out of nowhere comes her own blade; she twists and blocks me, then ripostes.
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His display last night was the perfect riposte.
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His display last night was the perfect riposte.
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Banter or insults that in the past would have been brushed off with a smile or a riposte are now made a matter for the police.
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The operation is being seen as a swift riposte to the killing of a senior army commander.
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Her Book of the City of Ladies was conceived as a direct riposte to Jean de Meung's jeremiads.
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It's the perfect riposte to all those who wrote her off.
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The operation is being seen as a swift riposte to the killing of a senior army commander.
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Only then does the audience have its brief opportunity to launch incisive ripostes into the heart of the thesis.
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Could the woman who repackaged star quality for the post-Vietnam age do what any successful talk show host has to: pretend to listen to other people while thinking up witty ripostes?
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his opponent riposted
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In 192 thrilling seconds, his side provided ample riposte to all of their scorn and suggestion.
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He's once again cooler than cool, coming up with witty ripostes we've heard before and powerful speeches that, once again, prove his coolness.
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Jack made a hard cut to Clarence's left flank, hoping he would pick it up in quarte, and make his riposte to Jack's fore arm.
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And the most important defensive skill is the parry, which is often followed by counter - riposte.
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In fact when I first entered the infant school playgound in the 1930s the phrase was in regular currency then, both in the children's lexicon and indeed that of the teachers in their occasional ripostes to the cheekier of the urchins wot I was dragged up wiv, so you can't pin that on either Antonio or his disciples (much as I would like you to).
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He adopted a flag that looked remarkably like a swastika, though he insisted that the design was of three interlinked 7s and represented a Christian riposte to 666, the Number of the Beast.
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Coming back from 2-0 down with 10 men was the perfect riposte to claims they had lost both their bottle and their way.
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‘Too soon to tell,’ he laconically riposted.
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I riposted cleverly, ‘I wasn't aware America had a food culture.’
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It's impossible to go past this stinging riposte from Jack Conway in his debate last night, in response to some swivel-eyed right-wing point about the US constitution from Rand Paul:
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But much of this critical riposte assaults our protagonist's dignity more than is necessary for an appreciation of the film.
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They are calling it 'funemployment', a defiant riposte to the miseries of global economic turmoil.
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