sharp-tongued
Example Sentences
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His new special is filled with jokes about his childhood in New York and as a sharp-tongued Gen Xer commenting on the foibles of both his own generation and those of young adults.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
Tenacity, for her part, is a sharp-tongued Watson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Before he was a TV host or culinary demigod, Anthony Bourdain was a writer: sharp-tongued, sensual, and totally unafraid to follow a story wherever it led.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2025
But he has lost none of the sharp-tongued vitriol of his punk origins.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025
I waited for her to make a sharp-tongued remark, but she didn’t.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
