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Washington's famed, acerb hostess, "Princess Alice" Roosevelt Longworth, 63, lost her footing in a butcher shop, landed hard, broke her left arm in two places and sprained her ankle.

From Time Magazine Archive

Today the gay sensibility -- acerb, lusty, nostalgic, poignant -- dominates high drama and low comedy.

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.

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Miss Black was older than her brother, and had already acquired that acerb precision which lies in wait with such frequent success for middle-aged spinsters and bachelors.

From Notwithstanding by Cholmondeley, Mary