wry

Example Sentences

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Wry, shy and fragile-looking, Hall gets off lightly here, with little interrogation of his patriotism, personal ethics or fears of a nuclear world’s potential for catastrophic error.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2023

Wry smiles and sense of nostalgia aside, the appearance of crisp packets from the 1960s on a Norfolk beach are a potent a reminder of the longevity of single use plastics.

From BBC • May 16, 2023

Wry, adrift, and unable to construct any viable strategy for what she’s trying to accomplish, she languidly caves to other people’s wishes.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2021

Wry, specific, and at times gut-punchingly earnest, Bridgers’ murmur flows like a steady internal monologue, linking all sorts of disparate experiences through her cracked but startlingly perceptive lens.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2020

It was in that district, which had become dear to him, that he was sought out by the kindly remembrance of Abbe de Wry, his boyhood's friend, who was intimate with Madame de Maurepas.

From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 by Black, Robert