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Known for his acerbic wit, sharp tongue, and occasional profanity, he stood out among the colorless bureaucrats who ruled Poland.
Naturally quick-witted with a sharp tongue, he ponders decisions with mathematical precision.
Driving his point home with a sharp tongue and a deadpan delivery, Soderbergh's is a devastating wit, and he always gives himself the last word.
Sydney's eyes narrowed in response and she willed her sharp tongue to spit back a scathing retort.
She had a distaste for the world and she showed it with a general lack of emotion and sharp tongue laced with venomous words.
The art of the quick retort, the clever reply, the sharp tongue are things many of us wish we had more of.
Sata, who was known as king cobra because of his sharp tongue, was thought to have been seriously ill for some time.
She has a sharp tongue and comes straight from the 18th century, when Hamburg enjoyed a reputation throughout the world for its beer and sugar.
That way they can make allowance for your short temper and sharp tongue.
My mother often plucked me from unexpected places all over the palace and escorted me back to my room with a sharp tongue and a good whack on the ear.
Playwright Lillian Hellman was known for a sharp tongue that may have aided her success.
There is one, however, which shows none of these characteristics and indeed suggests that, sharp tongue or no, he might have been a lovable old buffer.
One thing that has probably mellowed only a little with age is Lloyd's famously sharp tongue and his impatience with incompetence or poor thinking.
He hated the Professor, who smelt the rogue in him, and scourged him continually with his sharp tongue.
Yet his sharp tongue has attracted controversy.
He lacks Rumsfeld's combative intellect and sharp tongue.
The parasitic lamprey, which feeds on the body fluids of other fish, clinging to its victim with a suction cup mouth and rasping though the scales and skin with a sharp tongue, devastated many native fish populations.
Mrs Friedan's sharp tongue made enemies everywhere.
My sister has a forceful personality and a sharp tongue.
One should not confuse sharp eyes with a sharp tongue.
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Examples from Classical Literature
She had a snappy temper and a sharp tongue and was, indeed, something of a tomboy.
When she's got a red nose and a pimply face, and a sharp tongue, you'd be glad enough to see her at the wash-tub then.
A quick temper, sharp tongue, and restless spirit were always getting her into scrapes, and her life was a series of ups and downs, which were both comic and pathetic.
Jade scoffs at the idea of being the perfect housewife and fights a constant battle between motherhood and her careen Her sharp tongue gets everyone's blood boiling.
She had few friends and bore a reputation of having a sharp tongue.
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