caustic
Example Sentences
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Built around the songs of Kurt Weill, their program tracks his musical life from the caustic Bertolt Brecht shows of 1920s Berlin through his Nazi-forced emigration to France and then to America.
He said that "they were similar characters, they were irascible, witty and caustic, and both were interested in writing".
From BBC
Through his caustic words, Desmond has made it a vicious separation.
From BBC
The policy “represents one of the most caustic, corrosive and chilling efforts to squelch the voice of this commission, the office of inspector general and the Sybil Brand Commission,” Johnson said.
From Los Angeles Times
“I’ve got to look at the results,” Hutson said, “and despite his caustic attitude and behavior, I think he’s done a really, really good job.”
From Los Angeles Times
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