asperity
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When the German philosopher Theodor W. Adorno doubted the possibility of poetry after Auschwitz, Celan replied with the asperity of one who knew where barbarism had lodged.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
On a re-read, Orwell’s narrative holds up, in large part due to the asperity of the prose and the prescient description of how fascism can creep into any society that takes freedom for granted.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023
Arch, cracking with energetic, even contemptuous asperity, it is a world apart from “Everybody.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2021
Perhaps it doesn’t have the lightness and waspish asperity that we prize in a Smith performance, but this is fine work.
From The Guardian • Sep. 5, 2019
“Now where,” he answered with asperity, “where except in the great tea shop on the main street of the town?”
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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