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Recent Examples of trenchant Some of his most trenchant analysis concerns the interaction of the committees and the African National Congress, the only political party that appears to have a significant political presence in the settlements. Trevor Ngwane, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021 The book’s inferences about the present state of A.I. are less controversial and more trenchant. Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025 Well known for his thoughtful fictional treatments of British history, Boyd combines measured twists with a trenchant reconsideration of the legacy of Cold War-era interventionism. The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025 The film’s most trenchant scenes involve Gere in states of repose or regret or nostalgia, especially when psychically disarrayed in a chair with a camera facing toward him, wondering what, for example, desire smells like. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for trenchant

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“Trenchant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trenchant. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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