riposting

present participle of riposte

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for riposting
Verb
  • Pay attention to these signals, and start responding to them instead of pushing them out of your mind.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Despite shooting down any suggestions of infidelity, she’s continued to field the questions and comments, responding politely to the seemingly never-ending queries.
    Sara Belcher, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • With an uneasy feeling about the situation, the man decided to stop replying.
    Nicki Cox, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • With each successive exchange, the replying chorus added another member, until the air was filled with a continuous melody of bugles, grunts, cow/calf calls, whistles and chuckles.
    Jim Tschetter, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Why Colombians are answering Zelenskyy’s plea Decades of warfare have left Colombia with one of the largest and most well-trained armies in the world.
    Rebecca Johns, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Around 50 Hoosier guardsmen will help ICE officials with tasks such as answering phones, biometric collection, tracking expenses, entering data and maintaining vehicles.
    Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Riposting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riposting. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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