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How to use sarcasm in a sentence

19 example sentences · noun

Sarcasm means use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using verbal irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and sneering. Example: “(with sarcasm) Well, well. Look who's back. And they said we'd never see him again.”

More sentences with sarcasm

  • (with sarcasm) Well, well. Look who's back. And they said we'd never see him again.From the entry well, well
  • I have had it up to here with his sarcasm.From the entry up to here
  • Anticipating Wally's inevitable sarcasm, Boris let fly with a few cutting remarks in a stunning act of prevenge.From the entry prevenge
  • I could do without the sarcasm.From the entry do without
  • In other words, sarcasm is absolute because the sarcast perceives “two versions of reality”.2006, María Isabel Kalbermatten, Verbal Irony as a Prototype Category in Spanish: A Discoursive Analysis. From the entry sarcast
  • Coach Henry Bibby flapped his jaws with the wonderful wind of sarcasm.1997 February 18, Bill Plaschke, “‘Just USC’ Takes That J.R. Shot to Heart”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times…. From the entry flap one's jaws
  • Don’t think for a minute that either heat or violence or sarcasm is a good answer.1913, William Horton Foster, “Refutation”, in Debating for Boys, page 78. From the entry refutation
  • With text communication, in particular, it can be incredibly hard to understand intentionality — especially when there’s humor and sarcasm involved.2021 October 8, Ori Manor Zuckerman, “The Importance Of Subtext In Digital Communications”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 04…. From the entry emoticon
  • Despite my exemplary service, I got RIFed.” Ginger cringed at the raw sarcasm in his voice, but wanted clarification.2016, Jenna Mindel, A Soldier's Valentine. From the entry rif
  • Many of his choicest years of life were employ'd in wrangling, and receiving and racquetting back reproach, accusation and sarcasm.2011, Robert Graves, Wife to Mr Milton, →ISBN. From the entry racquet
  • "Let's not and say we did," she said semisweetly— I didn't know her well enough to read her level of sarcasm.2007, Jim Ray Daniels, Mr. Pleasant, page 57. From the entry semisweetly
  • As football linebackers pile on a quarterback in a blitz, the newspaper editorialist heaped sarcasm onto the president.2006, Steven M. Hallock, Editorial and Opinion: The Dwindling Marketplace of Ideas in Today's News, Praeger, →ISBN, page 69. From the entry pile on
  • “Thank you, Flannery,” Anne said, her low voice a knife edge between sincerity and sarcasm, “for saving my life."2002, Sylvia Brownrigg, Pages for You, →ISBN. From the entry knife edge
  • Ineffable sarcasm underlined the word 'bride', suggesting that Mrs Mudge must be a drab who had married for respectability.1957, Frank Swinnerton, The Woman from Sicily, London: Hutchinson, →OCLC, page 194. From the entry drab
  • Lesser lawyers who were vague in oral argument faced a barrage of sarcasm or, if he agreed with them, constant chiding to do better.2016 February 20, “Obituary: Antonin Scalia: Always right”, in The Economist. From the entry barrage
  • It involves using sarcasm, gossip, teasing, sharing secrets, pouting, or obstructive acts such as forgetting to give someone a message or sabotaging group efforts.2012, Kathleen M. Reay, Toxic Divorce: A Workbook for Alienated Parents, →ISBN. From the entry underhanding
  • The idea of “sport mode” for Crocs is rooted in sarcasm, but there is some truth to the fact that the tab will make your Crocs more activity-friendly.2024 June 25, Boly, Jake, “Don’t Work Out In Your Crocs, Even If They’re In “Sport Mode””, in That Fit Friend. From the entry sports mode
  • His tone, which contained more than a few drabs of sarcasm, was a notch or two shy of disrespectful, and his words, though sharp, were themselves circumspect.2018, Patrick Moran, Wine Country Cannibals, Glen Ellen, Calif.: Sweet Pea & Company, →ISBN, page 85. From the entry drab
  • On the contrary: Tsvetaeva was a poet very much of this world, concrete, surpassing the Acmeists in precision of detail, and in aphoristicness and sarcasm surpassing everybody.2011 November 3, Joseph Brodsky, Less Than One: Selected Essays, Penguin UK, →ISBN. From the entry aphoristicness

Meaning of sarcasm

  1. noun Use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using verbal irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and sneering.
  2. noun An individual act of the above.

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Questions about sarcasm in a sentence

How do you use sarcasm in a sentence?
Sarcasm is used as a noun. For example: “(with sarcasm) Well, well. Look who's back. And they said we'd never see him again.”
What is a short sentence with sarcasm?
“I could do without the sarcasm.”
What does sarcasm mean?
Sarcasm means use of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using verbal irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and sneering.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sarcasm (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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