answer in kind

She'd been about to answer in kind, but instead went dead still.

I put the question cautiously and was answered in kind.

That if he wanted to up the ante, I would answer in kind.

At first, the Democrats tried to answer in kind.

She had posed the question seriously, so he answered in kind.

He tried to look up, and answered in kind.

So much for amenities, Eve thought and answered in kind.

Okay, I'll pay him the compliment of answering in kind, not talking down any more than necessary.

They have not been answered in kind only because we are desperate."

If Coates thought the audience was getting out of hand, he turned to them and answered in kind.

Our friend agreed that he had, and asked a few nebulous questions which I answered in kind.

Stephen opened his mouth, but before he could answer in kind, Gilliam continued.

The question, its style carefully parched, demanded an answer in kind.

There was a sound of dry detonation, with an answer in kind from the Russians.

Chavez answered in kind and waited for the squad to cross.

As before, they were too late, but this time The Shadow answered in kind.

A block away someone in another parked car answered in kind.

He made conversation, and the Soviets answered in kind.

The Shadow started it, and his opponents, somewhat short on bullets, answered in kind.

Certainly, after his experiences with humans, he could not have expected to find a consciousness capable of answering in kind.

She answered in kind, then muttered roughly, "Wait a moment.

She grinned, an infectious expression that Brett found himself answering in kind.

He halted suddenly, letting out the cry of a night bird, and was answered in kind.

She had switched to Spanish, and Jack answered in kind.

"I'm asking you a serious question, and you could do me the courtesy of answering in kind."