Sentence examples for withering comments from inspiring English sources

She reminded me of Truman Capote and his similarly withering comments about poinsettias, which he called the Robert Goulet of botany, seemingly in reference to the popular singer's appeal to sentiment.

The characters wear black outfits covered with zippers and belittle customers with withering comments like "I have Moroccan dental floss that's more expensive than your entire wardrobe" and "DKNY are you wasting our time?

In the face of withering comments in some of the Swiss press, she said she regretted the photographs, which she said were to promote Switzerland and Swiss tourism, and promised not to pose for photographs for publication without the written permission of the Foreign Ministry.

"He's not a war hero," Trump said at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, in response to a question about McCain, who has sharply criticized Trump's withering comments on immigrants.

Responding to the withering comments, Ms. Schapiro has announced that she will streamline some procedures.

Since stepping aside Sept. 5, he has given television interviews in which he declares his personal fondness for her but offers withering comments.

"Selfridges ought to be ashamed of themselves for stealing a dead man's clothes," was a typical withering comment.

This withering comment by "Acouphène" on Le Monde's website is typical of many: "You have to understand them, these poor stars.

In 2007, Gano licensed "Blister in the Sun" for use in a Wendy's commercial; Ritchie, horrified, sued him, and posted a withering comment about him online ("It is his karma that he lost his songwriting ability many years ago, probably due to his own lack of self-respect as his willingness to prostitute our songs demonstrates").

Joseph Heller's Catch-22 was rejected as "not funny on any intellectual level", and John le Carré's first spy novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, was passed from one publisher to another with the withering comment: "You're welcome to le Carré – he hasn't got any future".

Despite this withering comment, Romania is in the EU.