I had opened my mouth to utter some hot retort, when Lord John got before me.

A hot retort was on the brahbehrnuh's lips, but it never emerged.

She shot him a blazing look, and he could see her choking back some hot angry retort.

She opened her mouth to shoot back a hot retort, then paused abruptly, grinning at him savagely.

Morgan's head shot up, a hot retort on his lips.

Papadapolous looked back at Isvarian and swallowed his hot retort.

Lacey started a hot retort, but Suzanne restrained her with a hand on her arm.

My warning shake of the head stopped Ramses on the verge of a hot retort.

Again, White Haven began a hot retort, only to bite it off.

She somehow managed to bite back the hot retort that was on the tip of her tongue.