How to Use sarcastic in a Sentence

sarcastic

adjective

• Frank evokes the eccentric Hamilton family and their feisty Gullah housekeeper with originality and conviction; Susan herself—smart, sarcastic, funny and endearingly flawed—makes a lively and memorable narrator.
  — Publishers Weekly, 24 Jan. 2000
• The skit may be sarcastic, but it’s based in truth for Williams.
  — Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2025
• TV: For much of the film, Ellen’s reaction to the world around her is sarcastic and harsh.
  — De Elizabeth, Teen Vogue, 12 July 2017
• The Fitch of the 1970s could be sarcastic and demanding.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 3 Feb. 2022
• Not all of the replies were sarcastic, dark or dreadful.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2024
• Abby is one of the members of MANG who is a lot more sarcastic than the rest of her friend group.
  — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 24 Feb. 2021
• The first time was sarcastic and the second ended with groans.
  — Hunter Atkins, Houston Chronicle, 8 May 2018
• Half-expect a widow to say to you in a pert sarcastic voice, You?
  — Joyce Carol Oates, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
• Musk himself is keeping an eye on the site and chimed in with a sarcastic plug for Mastodon.
  — Agatha Cantrill, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2022
• That much was evident when his 6-foot par putt swirled in and out of the cup, and Thomas gave it a sarcastic thumbs-up.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 6 Sep. 2020
• Roche said her sarcastic feelings about the train haven't changed.
  — Amy Bartner, Indianapolis Star, 16 Apr. 2018
• The defense, at points, made sarcastic comments about the charges against Combs.
  — Nbc News, NBC news, 27 June 2025
• But, the sarcastic jokes thrown back and forth between the two on- and off-screen isn’t an act, according to John Owen.
  — Breanna Bell, Variety, 24 Mar. 2023
• Paul is both strict and pedantic, with a haughty and sarcastic manner.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2023
• Musk called the post sarcastic in response to criticism and didn’t delete it.
  — Bruna Horvath, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2024
• In the first period, the loudest cheer from the TD Garden crowd was sarcastic.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Nov. 2019
• Jennifer Parise was known for her sarcastic streak and her dark sense of humor.
  — oregonlive, 29 June 2023
• When finally threw a strike to move to 3-1, a sparse daytime crowd gave him a sarcastic cheer.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 2 July 2025
• York has always had a sarcastic sense of humor, his dad John York said.
  — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2022
• The name is a sarcastic reclamation of the sentiment too many kids have heard from men like Coach T.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2021
• And not in the sarcastic way like Tricia’s STD gift, but, like, an actual gift.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
• Dole was known for the sarcastic aside but, in the halls of the Capitol, he was also remembered for the gentle gesture.
  — David M. Shribman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2021
• Willard may have been joking, half-joking or perhaps sarcastic, or all of the above.
  — Dom Amore, courant.com, 28 Oct. 2020
• This is not the time to air grievances or display a sarcastic sense of humor about married life.
  — Elaine Varelas, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Mar. 2018
• While Jules is nothing like the sarcastic Max, Dennings says the one through line in both shows is the chemistry between her and her costars, on and off-screen.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 15 Nov. 2019
• The play has its dark and sad moments in the second act, but Madden’s saucy and sarcastic sense of humor lifts many of the scenes between Tom and Izzy.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2022
• Oliver was being sarcastic, which led Sky to censor the comment from the show.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 20 Sep. 2022
• That isn’t so bad when there’s so much sarcastic flirting between Kitsch and Gilpin, but there isn’t much surprise to it.
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
• Any suggestion users should beware connecting to one of the tens of millions of airport, hotel, mall and coffee shop hotspots will always spawn a tirade of sarcastic posts on social media.
  — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
• Big yikes: This is a sarcastic phrase to publicly mock or shame someone for a cringey comment, outfit, or behavior and is used to embarrass others in group chats or social media.
  — Sherri Gordon, Parents, 21 July 2025