The girl nodded her head and tried to say something in reply.

She was very likely right, and he could find nothing to say in reply.

He wanted to say something in reply but his voice failed him.

She kept trying to make her hands and feet move, saying nothing in reply.

"And no doubt she will have many interesting things to say in reply."

The ship said something in reply, but he did not hear it.

She said something in reply, but he didn't hear it.

Apparently she wanted to say something in reply, but her husband said, "Keep still!"

By a vast effort of will, I said nothing in reply.

They let that stand, unable to think of anything to say in reply.