Sentence examples for characteristically wry from inspiring English sources
The two made "a lovely charming decadent hopeless couple," as Burton notes, in a characteristically wry and graceful phrase.
It turns out that the twins Al and Coran and their older brother ("His age was considerable, up in the 40's somewhere," Jim thinks about Zeno), mean to surprise Jim with a baseball glove and bat, which they present with the characteristically wry understatement that serves as local color.
Though all based on the same original head/bust form to signify the ubiquity of these flaws, Lust's tongue, Envy's bulging eyes, Wrath's clenched teeth and vein, Covetousness's fashion-consciousness, Sloth's TV on the brain, Gluttony's piggish nose, and Pride's fluorescent halo illustrate our common sins with her characteristically wry wit.
Characteristically, Mantel provoked controversy.
Chagnon, characteristically, is unrepentant.
Recer, characteristically, was unbowed.
Alastair was characteristically blunt.
Joseph was characteristically undaunted.
