mordant

Example Sentences

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John McCain’s mordant humor made him say that it is always darkest before it turns pitch black.

From Washington Post

It’s all darkly hilarious, generating what Penny calls “the kind of laughter that can be triggered by the mordant and brutal.”

From Washington Post

Since then, he has delivered similarly mordant visions of corporate piracy, class inequality and civil war.

From New York Times

She is thrilling in the role, with a scowl that burns through the celluloid and a dark, mordant energy.

From New York Times

The playwright Emily Feldman achieves a captivating depth of field beyond her characters’ surface actions, and even their mordant, often bleak powers of observation.

From New York Times