sharp-tongued
characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
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How to use sharp-tongued in a sentence
When Veep returned Sunday night, its sharp-tongued writing was honed to a perfect razor edge.
Quick-witted, sharp-tongued, and flirtatious, Anne drew a coterie of men to her, and each would lose his head for her.
But away from the cameras, even sharp-tongued politicians recognize the imperative of avoiding the fate of Greece.
Ashley's coded statements about escorting are laced with implications of regret, yet she can also be sharp-tongued and defiant.
And finally I have known them to be rim-cut by associating with some sharp-tongued boy or girl.
Fifty-Two Story Talks To Boys And Girls | Howard J. Chidley
Yesterday her lesson—that not all of God's vagrants are vile; to-day—that all sharp-tongued women are not viragoes.
The Brass Bound Box | Evelyn RaymondSuch a huge house for so limited a family had suggested the term to the sharp-tongued Cape Codders.
Sheila of Big Wreck Cove | James A. CooperIt may be a bit sharp-tongued, fickle, a bit mischievous, but in the heart of the crowd there is no evil passion.
Atlantic Classics | VariousMrs. Saumarez smiled indulgently at this passage between two such sharp-tongued combatants.
The Revellers | Louis Tracy
British Dictionary definitions for sharp-tongued
bitter or critical in speech; sarcastic
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