Sentence examples for light sarcasm from inspiring English sources

In the press lounge, McCaskill said, with light sarcasm, "Somebody told me the rule is to make sure people pay attention to what's happening on the floor during debate and not be distracted by committee work.

As a secular humanist he adopts a tone of light sarcasm, wondering indignantly whether God is really more concerned about what Jews eat for lunch than about the death of a million children.

Van Gundy, who has delighted in tweaking the news media all series, crushing conventional wisdom with light sarcasm on a daily basis, was all too happy to predict the story lines that might emerge from Game 4. "Basically the story is if they win tonight, you guys are going to write the series is over," Van Gundy said before the game.

But then, just as the song is shaking off its light sarcasm and its digitized Ladysmith Black Mambazo-esque chorus, for two bars Mr. Brown slips into a melody lifted from Michael Jackson's "Man in the Mirror," then drops it just as quickly.

By pulling in reviews from three respectable sources: a bit of light sarcasm from the Itchy Guides (itchycity.co.uk); serious restaurant reviews from toptable.co.uk and material only previously found in the Lonely Planet guidebooks, it caters for most budgets, tastes and age ranges.

That was the word her cook and lifelong friend, Bekir, used with light sarcasm when he tired of her never-ending commands and complaints: "Whatever you say, boss!" But my grandmother's authority did not extend beyond the house, which she patrolled with a large set of keys.

McSweeney's writers are criticized for what seems like their perpetual adolescence -- their taste for sarcasm, silliness, narcissism, and light-weight subjects.

The team covers complex political issues, wrapping them up in enough slapstick comedy, funny graphics and sarcasm to keep it all light on the surface.

Breaking Bad, as outstanding as it was, was never wildly funny nor meant to be - Saul's withering sarcasm and overblown similes were welcome light relief amongst the gloom, but here fall a little flat.

The conversation was classic Larry King light banter, sharpened slightly by moments of his trademark gentle sarcasm, and punctuated by manifestations of Redstone's profoundly delusional state.

Her unmistakably light, mellifluous voice in English always has an edge of deadpan sarcasm.