sarcasm
Example Sentences
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This elicits a slow drip of sarcasm from Catherine, who eventually gets Hal to confess that he’s the drummer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
“My apologies i didn’t see this person with my eyes and couldn’t hear clearly,” Carpenter wrote Saturday on X. “My reaction was pure confusion, sarcasm and not ill intended. Could have handled it better!”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
They are idealistic and impatient, fluent in slogans and sarcasm, and astutely aware that the system they are training to enter may have no particular use for them.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
Guardiola used sarcasm and statistics this week to defend City against claims the club's success has been due to the financial muscle of their Abu Dhabi-based owners.
From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026
So he had turned over his chair to shut me up just as my sarcasm had shut him up.
From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
Vocabulary lists containing sarcasm
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 2
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