Retorted is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Retorted meaning
simple past and past participle of retort
Using Retorted
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of retort
- In the example corpus, retorted often appears in combinations such as: retorted that, he retorted, retorted with.
Context around Retorted
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 11 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 2 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Retorted
- In this selection, "retorted" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ashida, kumaraswamy, hospital, crypto, alexandra and yeah stand out and add context to how "retorted" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include but joanna retorted with there and card kumaraswamy retorted that it. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "retorted" sits close to words such as abner, acquit and adamantly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with retorted
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Melania retorted, "I’m not only a beauty, I’m smart. (11 words)
Carragher, though, was having none of it and retorted: “You don't rotate centre-backs. (15 words)
This was a preposterous idea, the heckler retorted; crypto is used for so much more than that. (17 words)
The spot Ethereum ETFs however have slightly impressed in terms of inflow and total trade volume according to Top analyst James Seyffart who retorted that the trade volume on the first day of trading which crossed $1 billion was not as bad as he thought. (45 words)
Openly confronting the rancid remarks, Tammy retorted in a TikTok video: "Did your mama ever teach you if you didn't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all? (32 words)
The hospital retorted that the union was being “reckless” and holding out for higher raises at Sinai than it had just achieved in tentative contract agreements reached with some other hospitals. (31 words)
Asked if razor wire works to deter border crossings, Kirby retorted, “Does razor wire work for what? (17 words)
Openly confronting the rancid remarks, Tammy retorted in a TikTok video: "Did your mama ever teach you if you didn't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all? (32 words)
I always joked with him that I could dismiss him, to which he always retorted that he will live to see who would leave the Ministry before the other! (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
A deputy secretary at the MHA was not amused by the MoD objection and retorted by saying that others could not be debarred from using the same kind of headgear.
I always joked with him that I could dismiss him, to which he always retorted that he will live to see who would leave the Ministry before the other!
Responding to Biscup and LaGuire’s comments about prior incidents, Ashida retorted that in its nearly 120-year history the Boy Scouts have never had a firearm fatality.
Soon after Shivakumar played the Vokkaliga community card, Kumaraswamy retorted that it was impossible for him to become a CM while in the Congress.
The hospital retorted that the union was being “reckless” and holding out for higher raises at Sinai than it had just achieved in tentative contract agreements reached with some other hospitals.
This was a preposterous idea, the heckler retorted; crypto is used for so much more than that.
We don't know if they mean it," retorted Alexandra, who said she felt "sickened" by the Church and its cover-ups of sexual abuse.
Asked if razor wire works to deter border crossings, Kirby retorted, “Does razor wire work for what?
Carragher, though, was having none of it and retorted: “You don't rotate centre-backs.
Despite her apologetic tone, Akpabio would not let it pass. He retorted with the biting remark that the Senate is not a “nightclub”.
Ishant retorted with a beauteous away seamer that beat KohliтАЩs attempt to punch the ball through the off-side.
Melania retorted, "I’m not only a beauty, I’m smart.
On one such occasion, he retorted that when he was a young boy, his parents ‘couldn’t make ends meet, which isn’t a laughing matter’.
Openly confronting the rancid remarks, Tammy retorted in a TikTok video: "Did your mama ever teach you if you didn't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all?
The late-show host retorted: “Yeah of course they’re deranged and psychotic – they’re on Twitter.
The spot Ethereum ETFs however have slightly impressed in terms of inflow and total trade volume according to Top analyst James Seyffart who retorted that the trade volume on the first day of trading which crossed $1 billion was not as bad as he thought.
Asked if stepping down was a move into semi-retirement, she retorted: “I have so many ideas, and I’m hardly the retiring type in every sense of the word.
But Joanna retorted with: 'There are so many jobs in this country that pay the same wage as a delivery driver.
Defence agent Tony Burgess advised that his client could “run away” from those he owed the drug debt to, but Sheriff Napier retorted: “He can’t run forever.
His father retorted that there was no reason for his son to live in his father’s house anymore due to his own success.
Common combinations with retorted
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- retorted that 23×
- he retorted 6×
- retorted with 6×
- and retorted 3×
- retorted by 2×
- retorted to 2×
- she retorted 2×
- retorted have 2×
- retorted we 2×