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

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