bitingly

Example Sentences

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With every stanza, she settled into a musical rhythm that was satiric and bitingly honest.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

Outside of the fluttering romance plot and teen hijinks, Kat’s anarchist vibe was bitingly cool, self-assured and unyielding in her feminism and beliefs.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2024

On the bitingly cold day we visit, capacity is running at almost 145%, with 1,418 prisoners inside, when it was designed for 987.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2024

Their wavy leaf margins are serrated, but not bitingly so.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023

She felt suddenly hungry, bitingly hungry; her insides had been emptied out by her tears.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie