: having the power to bite
a biting wind
especially
: able to grip and impress deeply
a biting wit
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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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Over the last 10-plus years, Drug Church has mingled catchy hardcore with clever lyrics about the complexities of human nature that are equally biting and tender.
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Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2024
Guest speakers Wayne Harrell and Justin Walker, from Lake County’s Mosquito Management District will discuss the familiar biting species of the insect, along with others that are pollinators and an integral part of the food chain.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 12 July 2024
This Court can’t even manage its own docket As a young Reagan White House lawyer in the 1980s, future Chief Justice Roberts had a biting wit.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Also, Yvette Nicole Brown has signed on to appear as Monica, Olivia’s sister, described as part haughty professor, part Nancy Drew, the brilliant, biting, and delightfully deadpan Monica is Olivia’s perfect older sister.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 27 June 2024
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Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2024
Guest speakers Wayne Harrell and Justin Walker, from Lake County’s Mosquito Management District will discuss the familiar biting species of the insect, along with others that are pollinators and an integral part of the food chain.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 12 July 2024
This Court can’t even manage its own docket As a young Reagan White House lawyer in the 1980s, future Chief Justice Roberts had a biting wit.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Also, Yvette Nicole Brown has signed on to appear as Monica, Olivia’s sister, described as part haughty professor, part Nancy Drew, the brilliant, biting, and delightfully deadpan Monica is Olivia’s perfect older sister.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 27 June 2024
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“Biting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biting. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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