acerb
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The dialogue is breezy, the tone acerb and the climax as predictably uplifting as Rocky's.
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Bringing back David Brinkley, as wry of manner as ever but now less acerb, has improved the show but not its share of the audience.
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Groucho's ambition is to keep You Bet Your Life neatly balanced between human interest and acerb comment.
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Some years ago, during a brief lull in Frost's career, acerb Journalist Malcolm Muggeridge predicted that Frost would sink without a trace.
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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