cutting remark
Example Sentences
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The cutting remark of a pharmacist asked to fill prescriptions.
From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2022
Longtime viewers see its panelists as family members, and Gutfeld’s role is the kid brother who always has a cutting remark at the ready.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2021
When he asks for the letters back, Fleming tries to come up with a cutting remark but can’t, and hands them over without comment.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 30, 2014
As you walk past it emits a puff of lavender scent and a cutting remark about the youth of today or similar.
From The Guardian • May 1, 2013
Johnny, in angry mouthfuls, told him what he thought about Dove and the charcoal, and threw in a cutting remark about Dusty.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
