acerbity

Example Sentences

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It brings together judgment and gentleness, reason and passion, acerbity and receptivity.

From The Guardian • Sep. 21, 2018

And yet another worried about the prospect of a boycott of their companies’ products depending on the acerbity of their words.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2017

It makes me concerned the younger generation may be suffering alarmingly low levels of acerbity.

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2015

He lamented that there were “so many anecdotes” about Jobs’s acerbity: “His intention, and motivation, wasn’t to be hurtful.”

From The New Yorker • Feb. 16, 2015

"I ain't get ekshitet at ull; but vot'sh de used a makin' monkey beesnesh?" he retorted with triumphant acerbity.

From Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto by Cahan, Abraham