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

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

Hoy goes over to check in with Sir Andy Murray about his readiness and is met with a typical sardonic quip from his fellow Scot.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

I had ill-judged him, he was neither hard nor sardonic, he was already my friend of many years, the brother I had never possessed.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier