Sentence examples for more acerbic phase from inspiring English sources

The result is at once a work of efficient charm and, to those of us who treasured Frears in his more acerbic phase, a mild disappointment.

Marvin Miller, the pioneering Players Association chief, was more acerbic.

Mr. Brooks is a much more acerbic figure.

It would have been a lot colder, more acerbic.

Below are some of his more acerbic moments: "Stuart's leadership style leaves me trembling with irritation".

They were both heavyset and inclined toward a projection of light amusement, although hers seemed more acerbic.

Salome is an enigma — beautiful, sharp, slightly unmannered, more acerbic than Chloe and similarly unforgiving.

She cut short an interview, diving under the hotel's front desk after only one question and leaving a reporter with more: Was she more acerbic than Dorothy Parker?

More acerbic, tonally ambiguous writing, similar to that of Mr. Golijov's early chamber music, is also heard.

The album, which won a Grammy Award as best comedy recording, combined older material with his newer, more acerbic routines.

Mr. Dean's more vigorous writing — like that in Mr. Watkins's piece — pushed Midori to play against type, giving up the sweetly focused tone that has always been her specialty in favor of a grittier, more acerbic sound.