wry
Example Sentences
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The commander of the navy's mine countermeasures group – a wry, sharp-eyed young man who goes by the callsign Fox – estimates the number of sea mines is in the thousands.
From BBC
Her look was daunting; wry and flinty and knowing.
From Literature
But this being Fox, he slapped it with the sort of wry delivery that long ago made him a master of comedic timing.
From Los Angeles Times
Eddie Izzard, the wry, gender-fluid British comedian who came to attention with a stream of observational drollery that picked away at common sense, takes on the whole teeming tragedy.
From Los Angeles Times
As the creator of the popular “Weekend Mom” comic, Grace Farris is a wry observer of the myriad—and occasionally absurd—demands made upon the parents of small children.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
