cutting remark
Example Sentences
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Certain mood-inciting triggers of Martin — a cutting remark from a family member, an “aggressive email,” a torturous night of insomnia — I instantly recognized as my own.
From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2020
When he asks for the letters back, Fleming tries to come up with a cutting remark but can’t, and hands them over without comment.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 30, 2014
Slack on a detail and an Irvine player might receive an icy stare, a cutting remark, or worse, find himself on the bench for the next game.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2014
As you walk past it emits a puff of lavender scent and a cutting remark about the youth of today or similar.
From The Guardian • May 1, 2013
Johnny, in angry mouthfuls, told him what he thought about Dove and the charcoal, and threw in a cutting remark about Dusty.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
