acerbic
Example Sentences
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Ms. McGarr, who teaches at University of Wisconsin-Madison, is often acerbic about her subjects but notes that they were “awash in patriotic fervor at the same time that they were distrustful and cynical.”
As a younger man, Munger could be cranky and acerbic; now, he was warm and reflective.
Its columns, exposés and investigations captured innumerable historic Texas events with human-focused empathy, acerbic wit and razor-sharp accountability.
From Salon
We said, if we write him really stoic and grumpy and acerbic, it’ll work.
From Los Angeles Times
The dry comedy centers on an acerbic novelist ensconced in a vacation home who is forced to reckon with his self-image amid an encroaching forest fire.
From New York Times
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