How to Use rejoinder in a Sentence

rejoinder

noun
  • The article was a stinging rejoinder to her critics.
  • His team had prepared him for it and had rejoinders at the ready.
    — Time Staff, Time, 28 June 2019
  • The focus on rap feels like a rejoinder to the melody-forward Igor.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 25 June 2021
  • Belle's rejoinder was a middle finger salute from the outfield with his right hand held behind his back.
    — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The film’s considerable artistry, of course, is its own rejoinder.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • His Joe is a real cynic, with demons in his closet; his rejoinders come from a tough place.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 May 2026
  • She's been tough in debates and unafraid to deliver a sharp rejoinder to a rival.
    — Jonathan Allen, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2019
  • The movie pumps a lot of blood and viscera with the occasional witty rejoinder.
    — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2018
  • At its highest points, Carve provides an angry rejoinder to that kind of defeatism.
    — Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Indeed, Adams was none too pleased by Rodham’s sharp rejoinder to Brooke.
    — Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The flags represent a steadfast rejoinder to those who believe such symbols have no place at a Catholic school.
    — Alexander Thompson, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Mazrui noted, in a rejoinder to the rejoinders, that many of the most fervent letters did not seem to come from Ghana.
    — Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • And yes, the obvious rejoinder to that the White House sometimes struggles with the truth.
    — Howard Kurtz, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2018
  • The effects of the coronavirus pandemic are a sobering rejoinder to such hopes.
    — Melody Schreiber, The New Republic, 27 Apr. 2020
  • The next day, Jeff Henry shot back with a fiery rejoinder to his brother and Schexnailder.
    — Steve Vockrodt, kansascity, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Yet the ultimate rejoinder to the father of the joke may be Ma’s own attitude today.
    — Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Jan. 2021
  • That song is a rejoinder to hip-hop boasting in line with the hit satires made by Macklemore, an artist he’ll inevitably be compared to.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2019
  • Chappelle’s quip onstage at the festival was likely a rejoinder to such complaints.
    — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
  • In its own small way, the new Rolling Stone list feels like just the rejoinder to Hill's comments that fans have been waiting for.
    — Brandon Tensley and Leah Asmelash, CNN, 26 Sep. 2020
  • Wright’s death was interpreted as a rejoinder to the contention that the current system is redeemable.
    — Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 5 July 2021
  • And on top of that, the movie felt like a cruel rejoinder to anyone who’d ever believed that the once-red-hot Shyamalan could right the ship.
    — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 July 2021
  • And on top of that, the movie felt like a cruel rejoinder to anyone who’d ever believed that the once-red-hot Shyamalan could right the ship.
    — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 July 2021
  • The rejoinder was spoken to Fisher but plainly addressed to Kagan, sitting just to his right on the bench.
    — Joan Biskupic, CNN, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Lázár and its popularity are nothing if not a resounding rejoinder to the thin, tart works of auto-fiction that have been so beloved of late.
    — Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
  • The easy rejoinder is that Springer’s wildly successful show made sport of those people and mainstreamed their exploitation.
    — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The obvious rejoinder, Ziegler and others said, is that Ginsburg would never have joined such an effort.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2021
  • In an early, much longer version of this story, the rich jerk was a young woman, and Frank had an exquisite rejoinder to Have a nice day.
    — Paul Theroux, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022
  • Yet along with the congratulations to Schofield and her husband, Michael, came a rather puzzling rejoinder.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
  • But, in recent years, Fukuyama has been troubled by the rise of populism and has offered a weak rejoinder to it in his book Identity.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 16 Mar. 2022
  • While he was gone, a Fox producer named Cristina Corbin tweeted an indirect rejoinder to the prime-time star.
    — New York Times, 30 Apr. 2022

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