acidulous

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But I was dying to see what she’d do with Joanne, the role originated by Elaine Stritch, who long owned the character’s acidulous second-act number, “The Ladies Who Lunch.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2022

Sharp observations like these show us glimpses of the acidulous social satirist of Hollywood’s Golden Age.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2021

Susan Strasberg plays an acidulous critic à la Pauline Kael: “What he creates, he has to wreck, it’s a compulsion.”

From The New Yorker • Sep. 26, 2018

German tenor Burkhard Ulrich made a properly acidulous Mime.

From Reuters • Jul. 29, 2013

"One would think the first Set were likely to be the best Judges," he adds with acidulous brevity.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell