Sarcastic

Examples

• Augustine's cheek flushed; but he only observed, with his usual sarcastic carelessness. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• And now, sir, I may admit, freely admit, that my friend is sometimes of a sarcastic temper. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• When they met by mischance, he made sarcastic bows or remarks to the child, or glared at him with savage-looking eyes. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Listen then, my angel, says she after several sarcastic nods. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• What a sarcastic smile,' said the admiring Rachael; 'I declare I'm quite afraid of you. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It is a pity you take on so, Miss Briggs, the young lady said, with a cool, slightly sarcastic, air. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• And his long, pale, rather elegant face flickered as he made his sarcastic remarks. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Wall Street is, in fact, a frequent object of rather sarcastic reference, applying even to its regular and probably correct methods of banking. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• They paid no attention to this, and next day one of them made some sarcastic remark to him. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Mr. Fairlie arched his eyebrows and pursed up his lips in sarcastic surprise. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Rebecca laughed in her face, with a horrid sarcastic demoniacal laughter, that almost sent the schoolmistress into fits. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Shirley laughed; she laughed again, each time with a slightly sarcastic sound. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Is she sarcastic, and sarcastic to _me_! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• His voice had become hot and very sarcastic. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Mrs. Cadwallader said nothing, but gave her husband three significant nods, with a very sarcastic expression in her dark eyes. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Mr. Tulkinghorn rubs his head with the key while she entertains herself with a sarcastic laugh. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Destiny stands by sarcastic with our dramatis personae folded in her hand. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Miss Ophelia looked keenly at him, and saw the flush of mortification and repressed vexation, and the sarcastic curl of the lip, as he spoke. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Order given; with the sarcastic addition (from Mr. Smallweed) of Without slugs, Polly! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• That was a rattling article yesterday, Keck, said Dr. Sprague, with sarcastic intentions. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• But it was an indocile, a scornful, and a sarcastic face--the face of a man difficult to lead, and impossible to drive. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Mr. Hawley gave a careless glance round at Bulstrode's back, but as Bambridge's eyes followed it he made a sarcastic grimace. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Is it, pursued the stranger in his most sarcastic and suspicious manner, the printed paper you have just been reading from? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• The sarcastic feeling was called out by Mrs. Shaw's conversation with his brother; it was separate from the interest which was excited by what he saw. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.

Editor: Sharon