How to Use biting in a Sentence
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Khan gives it more of a biting edge with sparse bass rumbles and wild textures.
—Kat Bein, Billboard, 29 June 2018
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For colder weather with a biting wind, a winter coat and ski pants are a good choice.
—Kyle Schurman, chicagotribune.com, 26 Feb. 2021
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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
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Many of his biting posts have gone viral, drawing thousands of shares and millions of views.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025
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The owner of the loose dog was issued a village citation for a biting dog.
—Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2022
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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
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Very bold and unisex, the lavender is strong and biting, the amber warm and comforting.
—Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Jan. 2023
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To drive home the point, Kessel even added a biting caption to his Instagram post.
—Hemal Jhaveri, For The Win, 14 Aug. 2017
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But the acidic humor mixed with biting social commentary is pure Mank.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 Dec. 2020
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The biting phase can be a frustrating and confusing time for parents.
—USA TODAY, 17 July 2023
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One man held up his coat against a biting wind with one hand while lighting a glass pipe secured between his lips with another.
—Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Feb. 2023
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But some of the most biting criticism of the president has come from within his own party.
—Tyler Olson, Fox News, 17 Aug. 2021
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The characters have this sharp, biting, British humor.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
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Silvina López, 37, was standing in the biting cold with her infant.
—New York Times, 6 Aug. 2022
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The wedge provides an aerodynamic shape which should resist the most biting wind and driving rain.
—Popular Science, 28 May 2020
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Even amidst the biting right wing censure being thrown her way, Berry never faltered in her beliefs.
—Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 16 Dec. 2021
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To compensate, Alphonso is armed with a caustic and biting sense of humor.
—Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 11 Jan. 2021
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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
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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
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Darius is the holder of the most unexpected lines and the most biting commentary.
—Denise Coffey, courant.com, 17 June 2019
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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
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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
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Letterman was a frequent critic of CBS, in a comedic but biting way.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 18 July 2025
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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
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While big walleye are lurking, large schools of walleye stretching just an inch or two less than the 15-inch size limit are hungry and biting.
—D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 3 June 2021
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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
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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
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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
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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
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But this song, which wraps up the album, is Run the Jewels at their most biting, most expansive, most ambitious.
—John Schaefer, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2020
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