acerb
Example Sentences
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The dialogue is breezy, the tone acerb and the climax as predictably uplifting as Rocky's.
From Time Magazine Archive
"One might suppose that all of this should be entirely clear to any careful reader of the Court's decision," wrote Stewart in acerb conclusion.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jane Russell has replaced Elaine Stritch in a key role, and while Russell doesn't have the acerb singing voice of Stritch, neither did Stritch have the opulent good looks of Russell.
From Time Magazine Archive
Groucho's ambition is to keep You Bet Your Life neatly balanced between human interest and acerb comment.
From Time Magazine Archive
She denied that stenographers could ever form a union, but she could not answer his acerb, “Why not?”
From The Job An American Novel by Lewis, Sinclair
