snarky
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Wilde’s Angela is expressive and antic; Rogen’s Joe is sullen and snarky.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
The comment was made in response to a snarky Instagram user who accused Holly of undergoing plastic surgery, claiming that her “surgeon did an amazing job.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
The podcast they started years later was snarky and sharp but less polished.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
While there are still "snarky one-liners" and moments of wit in the sequel, the characters find themselves in a "whole new landscape", Blunt says.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
I wait for Brandon to add something snarky, and when he doesn’t, I wonder if he has a gentler side, like Denny.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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On social media, Villanueva — who was voted out of office himself four years after succeeding McDonnell — struck a snarkier tone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2024
Ryan Grim, Washington bureau chief for The Intercept, was snarkier: “Can’t imagine why they didn’t want this screaming at their shoppers. Really unfair man.”
From Washington Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
Global leaders have been sending their congratulations to the UK's new Prime Minister, Liz Truss, but in the international media, there have been snarkier remarks, too.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2022
Take it a step snarkier and dismiss them as creaky — or even flat-out old.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2017
“Everyone became an expert on what that moment represented — the snarkier, the better.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 4, 2017
There's clearly a bright future for Yelena — who might just become the snarkiest, most delightfully sarcastic person in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, carrying on the legacy of her sister, the first female Avenger.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2021
He also delivers some of the show’s snarkiest, wonderfully flippant lines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2020
Warning, though: Not even the snarkiest older sibling has anything on the caustic virtuosity of Oscar Levant, who serves as a vital counterpoint to the weightless joys of Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2015
Sometimes it feels like we must be the snarkiest, slangiest, least-formal generation in human history.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 1, 2014
And as fun as it is to watch Scandal on a second screen, even the snarkiest tweet is a poor substitute for the real, live, exasperated groans brought on by Olivia and Fitz’s toxic relationship.
From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2013
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