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Except that Mr. Barnes's withering tone unmistakably announces that Max is seriously allergic to frosting.
The withering tone of voice".
"The height of hubris," he says in a withering tone.
It was over as soon as the judge asked (I can imagine the withering tone), "Are you planning to persist in this defence, Mr Jones?" The least you can hope for from following this strategy is more debt and a ruined credit rating.
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After the election, the many arms of the EU bureaucracy reacted in the same tone of withering parental exasperation that they've used for the entire British democracy lately.
The hostilities are withering.
Mandelson was withering in response.
Her zingers could be withering.
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