sardonic

Example Sentences

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There are T-shirts printed with Garner’s sardonic proto-meme images and slogans, including one featuring the actor Gary Busey and the words “I pay my stalker a living wage” in all caps.

From New York Times

His offstage persona is fairly close to the stage one he favors — rumpled, excitable, mildly sardonic, casually authoritative.

From New York Times

Morals and ethics are collateral damage in this fast-paced, sardonic and highly entertaining thriller that pokes fun at true-crime culture, the pursuit of fame and the shallow excess of L.A.

From Los Angeles Times

At any rate, social media has already seen sardonic comments posted about how the Broad’s art-for-everybody show is only for those with $22 to buy a ticket, a significant but different matter.

From Los Angeles Times

Few cineastes out there are making deliciously defiant art like Rodrigues, and this entry in his catalog is a concentrated shot of his sardonic mastery.

From Los Angeles Times