Sentence examples for acerbic observation from inspiring English sources

That amuses Leithauser, who serves up another acerbic observation.

This acerbic observation on the mortality rate among ghetto youth might just as well be a projection of the life expectancy of the black sitcom.

It is no wonder that Ms. Brown, 48, sees her new weekly column -- a nervy compilation of acerbic observation and freewheeling cultural and anthropological commentary (as well as the short-term answer to the question: "What will Tina do next?") -- as a pleasantly liberating experience.

On page after page, acerbic observations vie for attention with apodictic verdicts.

Dear David I've been a big fan over the years, I've enjoyed your witty asides, acerbic observations, character acting and voiceovers.

He had some particularly acerbic observations to make about the position of women in the patriarchal European bourgeois family which, he argued, compared unfavourably to that of prostitutes.

Although this production also has upbeat songs, cheery lessons in the workings of the world and adults dressed in oversize fuzzy costumes, it features little of the inspired wit and occasionally acerbic observations that have made "Sesame Street" so ingenious.

So, no doubt, he will take on board one of Sir Alex Ferguson's more acerbic observations of a particular player: "I felt he was no longer playing to the discipline I demanded.

But appearing before the British inquiry as the first non-British witness to speak in a public session, his quiet, detailed account of the weapons inspections — and the decision to go to war before inspections were completed — was punctuated by acerbic observations about the American role.

Known as his "bitch sheet," he would post a copy of the paper on the wall with acerbic, handwritten observations for all to view.

And there are other good moments, too, when Mr. Lundholm's acerbic powers of observation are quite dark and funny.