acidulous
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But I was dying to see what she’d do with Joanne, the role originated by Elaine Stritch, who long owned the character’s acidulous second-act number, “The Ladies Who Lunch.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2022
Sharp observations like these show us glimpses of the acidulous social satirist of Hollywood’s Golden Age.
From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2021
Susan Strasberg plays an acidulous critic à la Pauline Kael: “What he creates, he has to wreck, it’s a compulsion.”
From The New Yorker • Sep. 26, 2018
German tenor Burkhard Ulrich made a properly acidulous Mime.
From Reuters • Jul. 29, 2013
An acidulous smile played around his mouth, his white beard quivered when he dropped the corners of his lips in satanic glee.
From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson
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