wry

The book’s title is a wry joke — “Yellow Pine” is not a forest, not a tree.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Though his wife and I had been in the same women’s book group, I’d known Eric only through the wry gripes we’d all made about our husbands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

However, the Telegraph's Robbie Collin held a much higher opinion of film five, pointing to a "warm and wry update of a beloved formula" in his four-star review.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

Bessent walked to the podium with a wry smile.

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026

He threw the flower away and made a wry face.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The wrier is president of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023

Associated Press wrier Sophia Bollag contributed to this report from Los Angeles.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 7, 2018

These idiosyncratic artworks, which displayed a wrier side of his personality, were not seen by the public until after Geisel’s death in 1991.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2018

There is no heir apparent to Ms. Winfrey; while Ellen DeGeneres is beloved, her tone is wrier.

From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2010

“In it, a lord asks a lady if she’ll love him, and she replies ambiguously: ‘I cannot hate.’” wriest McInnis.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 6, 2016

"That's a perfectly good wish plumb wasted," said Penfield, refilling both glasses, his features twisted in the wriest of grimaces.

From The Day of Days An Extravaganza by Arthur William Brown

I confronted death with a smile; I meet life with the wriest of wry faces.

From Simon the Jester by William John Locke