How to Use sarcasm in a Sentence

sarcasm

noun

• I know you're not happy, but there's no need to resort to petty sarcasms to make your point.
• That was sarcasm, but of course that has been the talk this week.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 20 Oct. 2020
• So far, the main result of the pledge has been sarcasm.
  — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2018
• The lyrics capture some of that anger with sarcasm and dry humor in the lyrics.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2023
• Penn cut off the screenshot of the post to hide comments that referred to it as sarcasm.
  — A. G. Hamilton, National Review, 4 Oct. 2019
• The title was meant as sarcasm, but the irony is even sharper now.
  — Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2022
• But as with all sarcasm, there was more than a hint of truth in that statement.
  — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2018
• Sometimes the homespun quips give way to sharp sarcasm.
  — Brad Townsend, Dallas News, 11 Aug. 2023
• Have any of them ever reached out to you on social media and asked you to stop the sarcasm?
  — Tina Akouris, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2018
• That last part of that comment was said with dripping sarcasm.
  — Noah Trister, Star Tribune, 5 Nov. 2020
• But rather the droll sarcasm that can lighten the pressure in a tense dressing room and make a game feel like a game again.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023
• Tom was quick witted and had a dry sense of humor, his sarcasm was an art form.
  — courant.com, 14 July 2019
• Eddie had a great sense of humor, full of sarcasm and was a force to be reckoned with.
  — sun-sentinel.com, 30 June 2019
• Even Elon Musk announced the robot with a hint of sarcasm.
  — John Brandon, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
• How will her deadpan sarcasm hold up among the Hawaiian shirt set?
  — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 5 May 2018
• The hypocrisy of it all is getting too much for Mank to handle with his usual sarcasm.
  — Lindsey Bahr, Star Tribune, 6 Nov. 2020
• Naturally, the suits don’t catch his sarcasm, and love the idea.
  — Kimberly Potts, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2021
• Forgive my sarcasm; predation brings out the worst in me.
  — Maiysha Kai, The Root, 18 July 2017
• The sarcasm reveals a simple truth about judges’ power.
  — Tessa Berenson, Time, 8 Feb. 2018
• Satire is the use of ridicule, sarcasm and irony to attack or expose the vices and follies of society.
  — Chris Lamb, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2020
• His sense of humor and playful sarcasm were still intact.
  — Lori Riley, courant.com, 27 Dec. 2021
• The inherent problem with snark and sarcasm is that young kids don’t have a grasp on this kind of humor.
  — Meghan Leahy, Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2023
• Despite the sarcasm and hyperbole, the legal brief isn’t a joke.
  — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2022
• A neural net can't detect jokes or sarcasm unless that's what it was built to do.
  — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 17 May 2017
• Linus tells Charlie Brown with more than a hint of sarcasm.
  — David Murray, The Seattle Times, 15 Dec. 2017
• Sutherland conveys fierce anguish and sharp sarcasm as the mother.
  — Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 16 June 2017
• There were physical threats and discussions that were full of sarcasm.
  — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 27 Feb. 2021
• That was written in invisible sarcasm font, by the way.
  — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 21 June 2017
• Baldwin said, his answer dripping in sarcasm, when asked what changed from week to week.
  — Mike Vorel, The Seattle Times, 15 Oct. 2018
• As one quip goes: What do affordable health care and sarcasm have in common?
  — Eric Boodman, STAT, 19 Feb. 2020

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024