sharp-tongued
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Bernice Black, a sharp-tongued restaurant critic for the Sentinel, a struggling newspaper, is meeting chef Laurent Tirel, her culinary mentor and friend, at his restaurant to plan her fiancé’s birthday party.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
As Nancy’s torn between being the picture-perfect housewife and the rebellious free thinker, Kidman recalls the sharp-tongued Joanna Eberhart from “The Stepford Wives,” who fought against her community’s robotic femininity until it consumed her.
From Salon • Mar. 27, 2025
On that show, Susie Essman played the sharp-tongued Susie Greene, who served as Larry David’s chief antagonist.
From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2024
Palmer was 21 when she first joined the soap in 1993 as 16-year-old Bianca, the sharp-tongued daughter of Carol Jackson, played by Lindsey Coulson.
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2024
Perhaps I looked dejected, for one of the women said consolingly, “They were sharp-tongued tonight, probably they were tired...you must not mind.”
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
