trenchant
Example Sentences
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When Mr. Hart discusses commanders and strategy his views are typically trenchant and insightful.
But it’s consistently appealing, underpinned by fluent Broadway pop-rock melodies that, importantly, never overwhelm the lyrics, which are trenchant and clever.
Jude is especially trenchant about how these realities are sold to us, and what’s inherently funny and tragic about that.
From Los Angeles Times
Perhaps this nihilism will prove too trenchant and reactive for some viewers.
From Salon
The humor is more direct — Barron can be very funny — but the debate is less trenchant.
From Los Angeles Times
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