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
• But as with all sarcasm, there was more than a hint of truth in that statement.
  — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2018
• The title was meant as sarcasm, but the irony is even sharper now.
  — Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2022
• 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
• Even Elon Musk announced the robot with a hint of sarcasm.
  — John Brandon, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
• 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
• Naturally, the suits don’t catch his sarcasm, and love the idea.
  — Kimberly Potts, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2021
• Sometimes the homespun quips give way to sharp sarcasm.
  — Brad Townsend, Dallas News, 11 Aug. 2023
• 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
• The hypocrisy of it all is getting too much for Mank to handle with his usual sarcasm.
  — Lindsey Bahr, Star Tribune, 6 Nov. 2020
• How will her deadpan sarcasm hold up among the Hawaiian shirt set?
  — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 5 May 2018
• That last part of that comment was said with dripping sarcasm.
  — Noah Trister, Star Tribune, 5 Nov. 2020
• The KKW Beauty boss issued a follow-up tweet when even her sarcasm riled up the shamers.
  — Lydia Price, PEOPLE.com, 28 Oct. 2019
• Linus tells Charlie Brown with more than a hint of sarcasm.
  — David Murray, The Seattle Times, 15 Dec. 2017
• The Balboa is just the right size for these kinds of shows — small enough to see the performer and, in this case, large enough to hold Spade’s heavy helpings of sarcasm.
  — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2022
• Never mind the sarcasm — sweet Chandler Bing was the best Chandler Bing.
  — EW.com, 29 Oct. 2023
• 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
• Despite the sarcasm and hyperbole, the legal brief isn’t a joke.
  — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2022
• 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
• On Monday, the younger Trump added a bit of sarcasm against the growing scrutiny over the meeting.
  — Rosalind S. Helderman And, Tom Hamburger, Philly.com, 10 July 2017
• There was a little personal sarcasm thing between me and Jeff, and me and Jeff on those ponies.
  — John Sturbin, Dallas News, 23 Oct. 2020
• Forgive my sarcasm; predation brings out the worst in me.
  — Maiysha Kai, The Root, 18 July 2017
• 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
• Jokes, sarcasm, approach to duties and the way employees treat each other matter.
  — Dominik Szot, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
• While some may be carefully choosing to omit certain details to avoid drawing the ire of China’s internet censors, their content is full of sarcasm, jokes, and dark humor.
  — Louise Matsakis, WIRED, 27 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024