sharp-tongued

Example Sentences

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Bernice Black, a sharp-tongued restaurant critic for the Sentinel, a struggling newspaper, is meeting chef Laurent Tirel, her culinary mentor and friend, at his restaurant to plan her fiancé’s birthday party.

From Los Angeles Times

In 1993, Kelly joined the cast of EastEnders as Nellie Ellis - the sharp-tongued relative of Pauline Fowler.

From BBC

Gary Oldman is having a blast as Jackson Lamb, the greasy, rumpled, sharp-tongued and strategically flatulent keeper of a den of MI5 misfits.

From Los Angeles Times

His turn as a slick, sharp-tongued network executive on the Apple TV series has earned him two Emmys and a new wave of recognition, while Baumbach’s film reconnects him to the kind of searching, emotionally exposed work that first made his name.

From Los Angeles Times

Playing the basement-dwelling, unpredictable father to Leah Remini’s sharp-tongued New Yorker, Carrie Heffernan, Stiller had the opportunity to flex both his dramatic and comedic muscles, earning his place in the show’s ensemble instead of being relegated to a bit player.

From Salon