How to Use biting in a Sentence

biting

adjective
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  • The result is a biting and witty workplace comedy that follows the cast and crew of Tecto, a movie about a superhero who can make earthquakes.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Smaller blocks with more biting edges, and more of them around the tire...
    — Jordan Golson, Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2018
  • The chords and things, it’s all very simple, but it’s so artistic and biting.
    — Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Perhaps the most biting question came from allies: why does the law throw some of the U.S.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 16 Jan. 2023
  • The men keep their heads hunched into the shoulders of their coats and their heads bowed against a faint but no less biting wind.
    — Crocker Stephenson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2018
  • Khan gives it more of a biting edge with sparse bass rumbles and wild textures.
    — Kat Bein, Billboard, 29 June 2018
  • To drive home the point, Kessel even added a biting caption to his Instagram post.
    — Hemal Jhaveri, For The Win, 14 Aug. 2017
  • The final scene of the season might be the most biting satire: when Homelander explodes a guy’s head and his fans…cheer.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 8 July 2022
  • For colder weather with a biting wind, a winter coat and ski pants are a good choice.
    — Kyle Schurman, chicagotribune.com, 26 Feb. 2021
  • The owner of the loose dog was issued a village citation for a biting dog.
    — Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Very bold and unisex, the lavender is strong and biting, the amber warm and comforting.
    — Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Silvina López, 37, was standing in the biting cold with her infant.
    — New York Times, 6 Aug. 2022
  • The commentary — on the way white women benefit from white supremacy, in the past and in the present — couldn’t be more biting, or stark.
    — New York Times, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Now, inflation is climbing, and food prices are sharply on the rise because of a biting drought and the loss of wheat imports from Ukraine.
    — Abdi Latif Dahir, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2022
  • The biting remarks about Ben Platt being a little long in the tooth to play a teenager again were all over Twitter.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2021
  • Most of them came courtesy of a hard-biting splitter, which Cobb threw 52 times to induce 16 swings and misses.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2021
  • To pass the time, each of them tells a story over the course of 10 days, each more imaginative and more biting (and yet perceptive) than the last.
    — Rachel King, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2020
  • The virus that causes EHD is carried by a biting gnat known as a midge and is both contagious and fatal.
    — Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2021
  • The biting, steady wind that prevailed throughout Game 3 was gone, leaving just a slight breeze to ruffle the center-field flags.
    — Beth Harris, ajc, 13 Oct. 2021
  • While your face will likely have to battle with biting winds and harsh conditions, your hands shouldn’t have to as well.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 19 May 2021
  • Bridgerton may be steamy and romantic, but it's also got a biting wit to it, which Van Dusen says comes from this film.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Sue Skidmore, 48, a mail carrier from Grand Rapids, was wrapped up warm against the biting Michigan cold.
    — Rob Crilly, Washington Examiner, 3 Nov. 2020
  • The ending of the novel is Zink at her best: clever and biting, and refreshingly unforced.
    — Michael Schaub, BostonGlobe.com, 19 May 2022
  • The biting pop song by the band known as End of the World outside Japan also continues to hold at No. 1 for video for the fourth straight week and rises 6-4 for downloads.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 22 June 2022
  • It’s all about hardening maintainers and ground crew against the biting cold.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
  • But some of the most biting criticism of the president has come from within his own party.
    — Tyler Olson, Fox News, 17 Aug. 2021
  • His narrative — set among the glitzy-rich of Palm Beach — wanders around a bit, but with all the lovingly biting detail, there isn’t a page here that flags.
    — Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2020
  • But the acidic humor mixed with biting social commentary is pure Mank.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 Dec. 2020
  • Darius is the holder of the most unexpected lines and the most biting commentary.
    — Denise Coffey, courant.com, 17 June 2019
  • The resulting videos feel a little thin, with commentary that’s less biting or immediate than what’s been making the rounds elsewhere.
    — Marah Eakin, WIRED, 12 Aug. 2024

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