sardonic
Example Sentences
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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
However, a touch of sardonic levity has always been part of Panahi’s storytelling.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026
Kainene raised her eyebrows, sardonic, as if his reasoning did not make sense to her, and because of that he was afraid to tell her that he sometimes thought he loved her too much.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Vocabulary lists containing sardonic
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 2
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ACT Reading Test: Words to Capture Tone, List 4
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