acidulous

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

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2021

What pricked up my ears wasn’t so much Hollis’ truculent sentiments as his acidulous language, which Macy delivered like a blue-collar maestro.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2020

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