cutting remark
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The cutting remark of a pharmacist asked to fill prescriptions.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2022
Longtime viewers see its panelists as family members, and Gutfeld’s role is the kid brother who always has a cutting remark at the ready.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2021
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
All of us play unhappy host to a demon or two roosting in our brains, urging us on to bad behavior now and then: a cutting remark, a catty tweet.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2014
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
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