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Six example sentences with acerbic, each labelled with its topic.
The critic's acerbic review compared the film's dialog to a fire drill that nobody in the building had rehearsed.
Movies
Her letters are acerbic, dispatching a rival's new novel in one line and moving on to the weather.
Literature
The coach's acerbic halftime remarks about effort left the locker room silent for a full minute.
Basketball
The senator's acerbic reply, that the bill had more holes than pages, ended the debate for the afternoon.
Politics
The conductor's acerbic notes in rehearsal, delivered in five words or fewer, kept the brass section on edge all season.
Music
Schopenhauer's acerbic remarks about rival professors fill his essays, and few of the targets are named politely.
Philosophy
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