cutting remark
Example Sentences
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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
Certain mood-inciting triggers of Martin — a cutting remark from a family member, an “aggressive email,” a torturous night of insomnia — I instantly recognized as my own.
From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2020
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
The flick of a cutting remark, swiftly followed by “Just kidding!”
From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2011
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
