: having the power to bite
a biting wind
especially
: able to grip and impress deeply
a biting wit
Examples of biting in a Sentence
a biting wind that only the toughest football fans were willing to endure
the biting comments by the pundits about the government's inaction
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Its comedy is observational rather than overtly satirical, far less biting than other Judge creations like Idiocracy and Silicon Valley.
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 25 July 2025
Letterman was a frequent critic of CBS, in a comedic but biting way.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 18 July 2025
Sometimes, the most biting and penetrating films are the ones that poke fun at society’s absurdities—a dynamic that Mark Mylod fully understood with The Menu.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
There is a place to scamper inside to escape the biting winds at Nordkapp — a visitor center with a coffee shop, theater, small museum and continental Europe’s northernmost post office.
—Dan Fellner, AZCentral.com, 6 July 2025
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 25 July 2025
Letterman was a frequent critic of CBS, in a comedic but biting way.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 18 July 2025
Sometimes, the most biting and penetrating films are the ones that poke fun at society’s absurdities—a dynamic that Mark Mylod fully understood with The Menu.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
There is a place to scamper inside to escape the biting winds at Nordkapp — a visitor center with a coffee shop, theater, small museum and continental Europe’s northernmost post office.
—Dan Fellner, AZCentral.com, 6 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for biting
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“Biting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biting. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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