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

The next day, when other wedding guests asked Louise what she did for a living, Clifford would interject with the barb that "one thing she doesn't do is know how to work an oven properly".

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2025

Reba’s dig at Stracke’s son was the sort of casual, unthinking barb that plenty of Southern mothers have perfected, tossed into a group conversation as nonchalantly as a request for sweet tea.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025

Each word might spring the narrator into a new scene or tangent — or serve as a barb to hang her up for a page or paragraph.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2023

She also suffered from the barb of a lonely love.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez