trenchant

Example Sentences

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But he offers the trenchant point that it intersperses high-intensity plays with huddled breaks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

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 • Oct. 31, 2025

Associated Newspapers has not issued a statement in response to the BBC, but has previously denied the allegations, saying it has "filed a trenchant defence of its journalism against claims of phone-hacking".

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025

One of the evening’s most incredible moments was a trenchant version of Bob Dylan’s “Blind Willie McTell,” also calling back to the Big Easy, delivered with authority and depth, and rich with color and shading.

From Salon • May 27, 2025

I have now given it in full, for it is trenchant, and full of common sense.

From Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature by Bardsley, Charles W.