CAUSTIC in a Sentence
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11 example sentences for CAUSTIC, such as:
1. Her new clothes were the subject of caustic comment.
2. Tynan's reviews were noted for their caustic attacks and general tone of truculence.
3. Three days later Bazarov came into his father's room and asked him if he had any caustic.
4. The critic's caustic remarks angered the hapless actors who were the subjects of his sarcasm.
5. The latter in Pierre's presence had ceased to be caustic, and his face expressed perplexity as to what Julie's smile might mean.
2. Tynan's reviews were noted for their caustic attacks and general tone of truculence.
3. Three days later Bazarov came into his father's room and asked him if he had any caustic.
4. The critic's caustic remarks angered the hapless actors who were the subjects of his sarcasm.
5. The latter in Pierre's presence had ceased to be caustic, and his face expressed perplexity as to what Julie's smile might mean.
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Meanings and Examples of CAUSTIC
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caustic
a. capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
Classic Sentence:
1 Three days later Bazarov came into his father's room and asked him if he had any caustic.
2 Vassily Ivanovitch all at once turned quite white, and, without uttering a word, rushed to his study, from which he returned at once with a bit of caustic in his hand.
3 That ought to have been done sooner; the caustic even is useless, really, now.
4 "I am very amiable and have a caustic wit," continued Prince Andrew, "and at Anna Pavlovna's they listen to me."
5 Seeing him, Kutuzov's malevolent and caustic expression softened, as if admitting that what was being done was not his adjutant's fault, and still not answering the Austrian adjutant, he addressed Bolkonski.
6 The latter in Pierre's presence had ceased to be caustic, and his face expressed perplexity as to what Julie's smile might mean.
7 Her new clothes were the subject of caustic comment.
8 "A fine midwife your Prissy will make," Scarlett remarked caustically.
Example Sentence:
1 The critic's caustic remarks angered the hapless actors who were the subjects of his sarcasm.
2 Tynan's reviews were noted for their caustic attacks and general tone of truculence.
3 Remember that this is caustic; use gloves or a spoon.