barb

Example Sentences

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One barb often circulated online skewers Katz with the ultimate diss for clueless interlopers: “Rob Katz skis in jeans.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Lennon riposte was How Do You Sleep? on the Imagine album, with its barb "The only thing you done was yesterday / And since you've gone you're just another day."

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2024

The former president also tossed a barb at a Trump town hall on Monday, during which the candidate paused questions to bop along to his playlist for nearly 40 minutes.

From Salon • Oct. 19, 2024

Perry was a sarcasm ninja, honoring both the barb and the inevitable insecurity that launched it.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2023

Then she could see the smaller structures—dust and barb and cell.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill