acerbity
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As her New York Times obituary put it, “She specialized in sourness, or, more politely, acerbity, which she used to her comic advantage in roles as housekeepers, spinsters, wicked stepmothers, nuns and back-talking secretaries.”
From Slate • Aug. 16, 2019
Evelyn has the sharpest tongue, and Ms. Parsons, with her tart acerbity, makes the most of it.
From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2016
It sounds treacly, but Linklater handles the sentiment with a light touch of acerbity and sets it off against another dramatic element, the troubled undercurrents that arise inevitably from the student-athlete’s circumstances.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 5, 2016
That's not inappropriate, and once Christopher Salazar arrives as hero John Worthing, the contrast between his benign gravitas and Hunter's febrile acerbity is drolly amusing, a Victorian-era Mutt and Jeff.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2014
Mr. Hogan does not spare Mr. Gladstone’s political errors; he is, on the contrary, rather given to dwelling upon them with an acerbity which is to be regretted.
From The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
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