mordancy

Example Sentences

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Huff doesn’t mention that detail, but there’s mordancy in it; this is a play about the state of the nation.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2022

I wish I could reproduce for you the tone of affectionate philosophical mordancy with which he’d pronounce it.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 2, 2019

Cronenberg's film has a similar mordancy, though at the end – and probably deliberately – it doesn't touch the heart or elicit much compassion for the protagonist.

From The Guardian • Jun. 16, 2012

The mordancy of this color and the wistfulness of the girls' expressions save them from what would otherwise be a cloying coyness.

From Time Magazine Archive

Attorney Despeaux moderated his mordancy and became tolerantly patient in enlightening the ignorance of one of his employers.

From All-Wool Morrison by Day, Holman