acerbity

Example Sentences

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With humor and a touch of good-natured acerbity, the two converse and even argue over the finer points of their craft.

From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2019

It brings together judgment and gentleness, reason and passion, acerbity and receptivity.

From The Guardian • Sep. 21, 2018

Its emotional harshness and quasi-confessional acerbity is radically untimely—and therefore enduring.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 25, 2017

It makes me concerned the younger generation may be suffering alarmingly low levels of acerbity.

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2015

When the delicate flavour of his cigar floated away on the soft summer air, even Valentine’s acerbity of temper relaxed.

From Greene Ferne Farm by Jefferies, Richard