: having the power to bite
a biting wind
especially
: able to grip and impress deeply
a biting wit
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
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The characters have this sharp, biting, British humor.
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Alex Ritman, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
There’s Bud the biting cat, played by a feline named Tonic and who deserves a three-picture deal.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
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
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Alex Ritman, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
There’s Bud the biting cat, played by a feline named Tonic and who deserves a three-picture deal.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
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
See All Example Sentences for biting
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“Biting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biting. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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