acerbity

Example Sentences

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With the help of her idealistic new nanny, Marlo begins a cathartic journey of self-discovery that, in true Cody fashion, is equal parts tenderness and acerbity.

From Slate • Mar. 7, 2018

He lamented that there were “so many anecdotes” about Jobs’s acerbity: “His intention, and motivation, wasn’t to be hurtful.”

From The New Yorker • Feb. 16, 2015

As Claire — a role played with immortal acerbity by Elaine Stritch, opposite Ms. Harris — Ms. Duncan becomes the cute, love-starved little sister who never quite grew up.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2014

That's not inappropriate, and once Christopher Salazar arrives as hero John Worthing, the contrast between his benign gravitas and Hunter's febrile acerbity is drolly amusing, a Victorian-era Mutt and Jeff.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2014

When Mr. Northey, surprised by her acquiescence, asked with acerbity how she knew that Hawkesworth was not the man's name, and what the man's name was, she stood mute.

From Sophia A Romance by Weyman, Stanley John