caustic

Example Sentences

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He said that "they were similar characters, they were irascible, witty and caustic, and both were interested in writing".

From BBC

He's outspoken, and what he speaks is usually caustic.

From Salon

From the stage, Mr. Trump notably did not attack the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin L. Bragg, in the kind of caustic terms that he had used on social media in recent days.

From New York Times

At least three of the young workers for Packers Sanitation Services were burned by caustic cleaning chemicals while working at a JBS meatpacking plant in Grand Island, Nebraska, U.S.

From Seattle Times

The dissonance between the adorable design of the anthropomorphic animals and the caustic harshness of their behavior has been Vázquez’s artistic signature since his acclaimed short films and his debut feature “Birdboy: The Forgotten Children.”

From Los Angeles Times