sardonic
Example Sentences
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Conspicuous lip color can, after all, signify a million things — from class status to sardonic camp.
From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026
But the marketing term has since taken a viral, sardonic turn.
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026
Irritable, neurotic, decent, confused and sardonic, Larry is a refreshing nod to the kind of spiky haplessness Jack Lemmon mastered.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
These stories of Hujar’s day come through in a mildly sardonic back-and-forth, Ms. Hall’s Rosenkrantz a sympathetic partner in the knowing dialogue that unfolds between them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
He could feel her watching him in that sardonic, Dimple way she had—eyes calculating, eyebrows slightly furrowed.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
Vocabulary lists containing sardonic
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 2
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The New SAT: Words to Capture Tone
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ACT Reading Test: Words to Capture Tone, List 4
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