cutting remark
Example Sentences
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The cutting remark of a pharmacist asked to fill prescriptions.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2022
You get the feeling that this is intended as a very cutting remark indeed: Spoon seem like a band for whom good taste is hugely important.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 31, 2014
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
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
