sardonic

Example Sentences

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Ms. Ziegler’s sardonic humor flickers or flares in virtually every scene.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

The writing in that book is sardonic and lacerating, but it doesn’t dazzle for its own sake.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Conspicuous lip color can, after all, signify a million things — from class status to sardonic camp.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

He said Crook's latest series is "quite incisive, it's not dreamy, he writes very funny lines, very tart and quite sardonic in their way".

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

He said nothing; the slight sardonic raise of his eyebrows said that she, too, would have to grow up.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie