: having the power to bite
a biting wind
especially
: able to grip and impress deeply
a biting wit
Synonyms
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
Recent Examples on the Web
During their official musical guest appearance on the late-night show, Heart performed a more biting record.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2024
Three years after the gifted artist’s global breakout, her music captures its own slice of the youthful zeitgeist — a post-pandemic sound that is wounded but ultimately hopeful, biting but rarely cynical.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 24 Mar. 2024
The documentary — and Guetta’s fame — was intended as a biting commentary on the ignorant, overeager commercialization of street art.
—Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Out of all the film’s many achievements, perhaps the most impressive is the ability to keep the tone balanced just on this biting point between tragedy and comedy in scene after scene.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2024
His playing can be fierce and biting, sweet and tender, or almost anywhere in between, depending on the song and mood at hand.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2024
The researchers observed the common clownfish directing the most aggression—such as chasing or biting—toward the other common clownfish and being least aggressive toward the orange skunk clownfish, with its one horizontal stripe.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2024
While similar to 2021's Swan Song, in which Mahershala Ali plays similarly double roles, Dual is much more biting than its mournful counterpart, with a fun pair of performances from Gillan.
—Will Harris, EW.com, 28 Nov. 2023
Last year, in the biting cold, cups of hot chocolate and mini bottles of Fireball cinnamon whiskey kept the cash register busy in the dark of 5:30 a.m and onward for the next seven hours.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2024
Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2024
Three years after the gifted artist’s global breakout, her music captures its own slice of the youthful zeitgeist — a post-pandemic sound that is wounded but ultimately hopeful, biting but rarely cynical.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 24 Mar. 2024
The documentary — and Guetta’s fame — was intended as a biting commentary on the ignorant, overeager commercialization of street art.
—Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Out of all the film’s many achievements, perhaps the most impressive is the ability to keep the tone balanced just on this biting point between tragedy and comedy in scene after scene.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2024
His playing can be fierce and biting, sweet and tender, or almost anywhere in between, depending on the song and mood at hand.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2024
The researchers observed the common clownfish directing the most aggression—such as chasing or biting—toward the other common clownfish and being least aggressive toward the orange skunk clownfish, with its one horizontal stripe.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2024
While similar to 2021's Swan Song, in which Mahershala Ali plays similarly double roles, Dual is much more biting than its mournful counterpart, with a fun pair of performances from Gillan.
—Will Harris, EW.com, 28 Nov. 2023
Last year, in the biting cold, cups of hot chocolate and mini bottles of Fireball cinnamon whiskey kept the cash register busy in the dark of 5:30 a.m and onward for the next seven hours.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2024
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“Biting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biting. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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