mordant

Example Sentences

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Several years ago, on a cross-Atlantic literary festival where Shriver was an invited author, I observed a packed audience whoop and cheer Shriver’s mordant observations about everything wrong with the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

Stamina is what’s required of those born into an earthly reality, for which, to quote mordant Beckett, there is no cure.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025

Merriam-Webster’s fortunes survived this hiccup and have since rebounded, thanks in part to a mordant social-media presence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

Instead, war broke out across Europe, and Asquith made his mordant headache joke on the way to the historical dumpster.

From Salon • Oct. 19, 2024

The girl watched him warily, but Stonesnake gave a mordant chuckle.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin