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"Riposte" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... no more to be said just then. The girl had not only turned her hostess' point, but had pricked her shrewdly in riposte, three times; and the last ...
— The King's Achievement • Robert Hugh Benson
... with a sudden spring flies out and strikes the rival; with the same suddenness it flies back and assumes a position of guard. The adversary replies with a riposte. The fencing reminds one not a little of two cats boxing one another's ears. At the first sign of blood on the soft abdomen, or even at the slightest wound, one admits herself to be conquered and retires. The other refurls her battle standard ...
— Social Life in the Insect World • J. H. Fabre |
Words linked to "Riposte" : hurtle, back talk, sassing, reply, backtalk, sass, lunge, countermove, mouth, counterattack, thrust, replication, fencing, rejoinder, respond, answer, response, lip, hurl, retort |
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