barb

Example Sentences

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One barb often circulated online skewers Katz with the ultimate diss for clueless interlopers: “Rob Katz skis in jeans.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

The bar was set on the day before the event when DeChambeau threw a cutting barb at McIlroy over his staggering collapse at the US Open in June.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2024

The former president also tossed a barb at a Trump town hall on Monday, during which the candidate paused questions to bop along to his playlist for nearly 40 minutes.

From Salon • Oct. 19, 2024

Each word might spring the narrator into a new scene or tangent — or serve as a barb to hang her up for a page or paragraph.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2023

Then he told me to feel the hook and slip the mussel bait over the barb.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor