1618 P. Holderus tr. J. van Oldenbarneveld Barneuel's Apol. Ded. sig. A4 Else I shrewdly feare, lest many..fall away to that side, where we are assaulted with vnretorted weapons.

1727 Pietas Universitatis Oxoniensis in Obitum Georgii I sig. Mm2^v The tow'ring Eagle springs away,..And views with unretorted Eyes the God of Day.

1768 C. Anstey App. to Patriot 65 They ne'er court the Favours and Smiles of the Great; But with Eyes unretorted Preferment can view.

1834 I. Steward Prediction III. xix. 131 His supercilious salutation..was unmarked and unretorted.

1875 Presbyterian Monthly Rec. Mar. 80 Unprovoked and unretorted assaults are not ‘war’.

2009 P. Balakian Black Dog of Fate 132 Knowing I was hamstrung, she used the moment to get in the unretorted jab.

1903 Proc. Ann. Convent. Calif. Miners' Assoc. 12 185 Amalgam cakes have been received at the Mint which, on the, outside, only show a gold color; there was nothing from the general appearance to indicate the presence of unretorted quicksilver.

1988 G. J. Olson et al. in D. Friedman Waste Testing & Quality Assurance I. 134 The presence of monomeric-, methyl-, and phenylarsenic species in unretorted oil shale source kerogen suggests a biogeochemical origin of these species.

2000 Oil Shale 17 353 Some unretorted rubber particles were discharged from the extractor.