Instead of retorting angrily, and involving himself in an undignified dispute, he replied to the intemperate language of the Count by calmly inquiring if he were to understand that M.
A concession made for the purpose of retorting with greater force.
Act ofretorting or throwing back; reflection or turning back.
The act of retorting on an enemy by inflicting suffering or death on a prisoner taken from him, in retaliation for an act of inhumanity.
Defn: A concession made for the purpose of retorting with greater force.
In retorting amalgam, much care and attention is required.
I have also found that covering the top of the mercury with a few inches of broken charcoal when retorting has an excellent purifying effect.
A company of Highlanders joined him on the first notice; and seemed joyful at the opportunity of retorting Spanish vengeance on their own heads.
Terms of reproach and abuse were collected from those factious publications in London, and poured indiscriminately upon all the natives of Scotland, who were by no means backward in retorting the abuse.
And Demosthenes answered him, retorting the comparison: "Asses' milk is brought to restore health, and the Athenians come for the safety and recovery of the sick.
Polly felt a sudden terrific need of retorting with a blow.
The retorting of a charge takes place, when the accused person, having confessed that of which he is accused, says that he did it justifiably, being induced by the sin committed against him by the other party.
The retorting of an accusation takes place when what is done is said to have been lawfully done because another had previously provoked the doer wrongfully.
Then comes the retorting of the charge; as in the case of "that soldier who, when the common law of all men forbad any one to kill a man, slew his own military tribune who was attempting to offer violence to him.
In retorting amalgam never fill the flask too full, and apply the heat gradually, and always from the top of the flask downward.
Certainly when traveling light, these things should be the last to go, as with them all things are possible, even to amalgamating and retorting the precious metals.
As soon as the potato sticks fast to the shovel, turn it over so that the potato is on the top and place it over the fire and keep it red hot until the retorting is finished.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "retorting" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
