trenchant
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Anchored by Huertas’ blazing performance, Pierre Saint-Martin’s trenchant debut plays both as a portrait of a person stuck in a state of perpetual grieving and an indictment of a troubled country.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025
But it’s consistently appealing, underpinned by fluent Broadway pop-rock melodies that, importantly, never overwhelm the lyrics, which are trenchant and clever.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
Associated Newspapers has not issued a statement in response to the BBC, but has previously denied the allegations, saying it has "filed a trenchant defence of its journalism against claims of phone-hacking".
From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025
Smith understood how her features cut into and through a role – wide eyes amply lidded, trenchant cheekbones, features that one might associate with snobbery.
From Salon • Oct. 1, 2024
Round his armed head his trenchant blade he blest.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
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