cutting remark

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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

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

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

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