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biting

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verb

present participle of bite, informal + sometimes impolite
as in sucking
to be objectionable or unsatisfactory man, that really bites that you have to work on the weekend

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Recent Examples of biting
Adjective
The commercial realities of hosting a network television show seem to preclude the biting and incisive commentary, and boundary-pushing humor, for which audiences have turned to YouTube and podcasts. Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025 No one mentioned the annoying swarms of tiny biting midges that plague Scotland’s west coast in the summer. Angus MacKinnon, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2025
Verb
These days, my two youngest grandchildren have a habit of biting their mothers, and in some instances, other children. Miriam Toews september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025 The publishing world wasn’t biting. Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for biting
Recent Examples of Synonyms for biting
Adjective
  • Parsley is a biennial that quickly bolts and dies the second year, and since second-year parsley is bitter, it’s typically grown as an annual.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Whenever these bitter rivals have met in recent years, there has never been a shortage of offense.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • His witty, sarcastic, and often controversial commentary is the soundtrack to a generation of wrestling fans.
    Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • She’s matched wonderfully by Cooke, who leans into her actual Manchester accent to give Cherry a stroppy, sarcastic bent and whose body looks absolutely banging wrapped in an array of oxblood, maroon, and cerise minidresses.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • So tech companies are spending hundreds of billions of dollars to build out the data centers — giant, energy-sucking buildings full of computer servers — to ensure the US has the technical infrastructure to deliver all of the AI magic.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
  • In addition, Apple seems to have been able to execute the upgrade without sucking up your spare storage with excessively large video files.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Iniki is the Hawaiian word for sharp and piercing wind.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Known for his bold use of color, playful bows, and signature heart motifs, Kelly’s work mixed joy and wit with sharp social commentary.
    Karissa Mitchell, Essence, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • White Noise Noah Baumbach's 2022 satirical drama stars Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig — who married Baumbach in 2023 after dating for 12 years — play a married couple in the 1980s.
    Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • While the homage is heartfelt, and certainly packs its share of genuine laughs, the end result can’t escape feeling like a hodgepodge, incapable of cohesively blending the satirical elements with the earnest messaging foremost on its mind.
    Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • While Bernhardt praises her gifts, the French diva doesn’t hold back in her stinging criticism of the production, calling it the same old prewar Italian theater, out of touch with the times.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
  • All that and the Lakers – who were left scrambling after the Klaw left them hanging – threw together a squad of role-embracing vets who handled the bubble like pros and won the franchise its 17th title, a swift and stinging rebuttal.
    Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • One spring day in Paris many years ago, my wife, Diana, a most penetrating photographer, capable of seeing like no one else, decided, as an experiment, to walk across the city blindfolded.
    Hisham Matar, Harper's Magazine, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Since the war began in Gaza, more than six months ago, the Israeli magazine +972 has published some of the most penetrating reporting on the Israel Defense Forces’ conduct.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2024
Adjective
  • Only those working at the listening station (kept separate from the rest of the compound with barbed wire and a guard shack) knew what was really going on.
    A.K. Whitney, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Thailand says the barbed wire was set up to prevent the planting of mines and is on its own land.
    Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025

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“Biting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biting. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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