viperish
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Intimidating and brilliant, his Julian Sklar is by turns amusingly viperish and not quite successful at concealing the softness of age.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
In opera, with its dizzying ambitions, epic lead-times and viperish politics, the stakes are celestial — and the scale and complexity of the “Ring” ratchets everything up even further.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2021
She was to play the Voice, a viperish whisper in Joe’s ear.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 28, 2019
For all the stylish cinematic flourishes of "Birdman," what enticed her to play a viperish critic hellbent on repelling the Broadway incursion of a washed up Hollywood superhero franchise star was the story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2014
A viperish fervor replaced that other brief expression in his excellency's gaze.
From A Man and His Money by Frederic Stewart Isham
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