How to use "sardonic" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "sardonic" in popular movie and book plots

  • As a result, mr Cayo is ironic and sardonic in his conversations with Victor, Rafael and Laly.  - The Disputed Vote of Mr. Cayo
  • He is invited to a party hosted by Lady Birdwell, at which he is distant and sardonic with every woman he meets.  - Georgy Porgy (short story)
  • Klara is angry and political and writes sardonic lyrics as her creative outlet.  - We Are the Best!
  • Just in the nick of time, the sardonic Knave of Hearts and the irrepressible White Rabbit save her from a doomed fate.  - Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
  • Although secretly jealous and embittered by the fact that her "fat friend" is now engaged, Regan notifies their two other friends, the sardonic cocaine addict Gena (Lizzy Caplan) and the rowdy party girl Katie (Isla Fisher).  - Bachelorette (film)
  • Teenage friends Will McKenzie, Simon Cooper, Jay Cartwright, and Neil Sutherland have finished their A-levels and are about to leave Rudge Park Comprehensive, much to the relief of mr Gilbert, their sardonic head of sixth form.  - The Inbetweeners Movie
  • The Spirit of Fire is operated with help from Serina (Courtenay Taylor), a super-intelligent artificial intelligence (AI) with a sardonic sense of humor; it has been noted that she demonstrates a level of contempt for the humans she assists.  - Halo Wars
  • ms Parks composed brief sardonic songs in the style of Kurt Weill for her characters, with such titles as "Working Woman's Song" and "My Little Army".  - Fucking A
  • Behind his sardonic comments Abhik gets a glimpse of Ranjan's sensitivity and loneliness.  - Antaheen
  • It is a sardonic concluding comment on the strategy at the time of the 'historic compromise' with Christian Democracy adopted by the Communist party, referring back to the motto 'To tell the truth is revolutionary' adopted from Ferdinand Lassalle by Antonio Gramsci, the party's most famous former leader and author of the Prison Notebooks.  - Illustrious Corpses
  • Told from Sutter's sardonic - and often hilarious - point of view, and laced with sexual passion and suspense, The Gold Coast is Nelson DeMille's captivating story of friendship and seduction, love and betrayal.  - The Gold Coast (DeMille novel)
  • Obviously, the sardonic Petersen is not working for the Nazis, but what about those with him.  - Partisans (novel)
  • Colonel van de Graaf, the Amsterdam Chief of Police, puts Detective Lieutenant Peter van Effen, a man with a sardonic sense of humor and many hidden talents, in charge of the investigation.  - Floodgate (novel)
  • "Puppet on a Chain" has the standard twisting plot, local atmospherics, and sardonic dialogue that were Maclean's trademarks as a story-teller.  - Puppet on a Chain
  • He is immediately set at odds with the locals: a businessman (K B Priestley) who employs his authority in the community to disguise his personal weaknesses, his daughter (Lydia) who uses the men in the community as rungs in her climb out of provincialism; a sour, manipulative club barman (Yorkie); a widow and cocoa heiress (Mrs Blessington) who plays puppet-master from a distance; hero of the bars (Oliver) with his dubious investment schemes, sardonic gossip columnist Jane Audeby, and club waiter Elias who becomes his most candid counsellor.  - Dark River (1990 film)
  • being an ardent, self-styled "adventurer" while Edison is the more pragmatic straight man, who frequently makes sardonic comments in response toJ.  - JumpStart 2nd Grade
  • She and House exchange some sardonic banter, following which House begins using a wheelchair himself (with a bumper sticker on the back which says "I'd rather be walking") in a bet with Cuddy to get his parking space back.  - Needle in a Haystack (House)
  • Watson (Ronald Fraser) of the British Army; dr Renaud (Christian Marquand), a physician; Heinrich Dorfmann (Hardy Krüger), a German aeronautical engineer; mr Standish (Dan Duryea), an oil company accountant; and several oil workers that include Trucker Cobb (Ernest Borgnine), a mentally-disturbed foreman; Ratbags Crow (Ian Bannen), a mean-spirited, sardonic Scot; Carlos (Alex Montoya) and his pet monkey; and Gabriel (Gabriele Tinti).  - The Flight of the Phoenix (1965 film)
  • Gilbert makes many sardonic remarks on the life and institutions of the modern world in general and present-day Britain in particular, but also enjoys disabusing moderns who tend to romanticize the Elizabethan Age.  - Fire in the Abyss
  • Unlike the physical comedy of Selwyn Froggitt, the scripts for The Gaffer were wordy and sardonic and the plots relatively complex, with Fred Moffatt usually managing to outwit at least some of the people who were chasing him for money.  - The Gaffer (TV series)
  • Connor leads Faith, Wesley and Gunn into a factory (where Angelus has, with typical sardonic intent, erected a "Welcome, Faith" banner) and despite Faith's orders, beheads the first vampire that crosses his path.  - Salvage (Angel)
  • The narrator is Nomi Nickel, a curious, defiant, sardonic 16-year-old who dreams of hanging out with Lou Reed in the 'real' East Village of New York City.  - A Complicated Kindness
  • At the Hollywood Bowl, after a sardonic introduction from Waters, Beauregard comes onstage, where Happy asks for his wallet.  - Champagne for Caesar
  • The Server's "Help" program, which activates whenever its name is said, is sardonic and fails to live up to its name.  - Outernet (novel series)
  • During the attack, a sardonic "Old Gringo", American author Ambrose Bierce (Gregory Peck), joins the fighting on the side of the revolutionaries; he operates a railway switch that sends a railroad flatcar laden with explosives to its target.  - Old Gringo
  • De Sade is a main character in the play, conducting many philosophical dialogues with Marat and observing the proceedings with sardonic amusement.  - Marat/Sade
  • They stay in a country house hotel run by Grosvenor, a sardonic and impoverished aristocrat who mocks their Northern origins and liberal aspirations.  - G.B.H. (TV series)
  • The plot involves "a sardonic and opportunistic musician and adventurer, driven by carnal rather than noble pursuits.  - The Bard's Tale (2004 video game)
  • The sardonic response of the humans is, "Oh, Jupiter, a robot Descartes.  - Reason (short story)
  • In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, small-town lawyer Paul Biegler (Stewart), a former district attorney who lost his re-election bid, spends most of his time fishing, playing the piano, and hanging out with his alcoholic friend and colleague Parnell McCarthy (O'Connell) and sardonic secretary Maida Rutledge (Arden).  - Anatomy of a Murder
  • Shortly after they move into their new home, the sardonic jabs between them turn into full-blown quarrels.  - Gone with the Wind (novel)

Example sentences for "sardonic" in interesting articles

  • As our diabolically crafty protagonist schemes his nefarious schemes within the confines of the Beltway, the theatrical stature and sardonic wit of his London predecessor have given way to a more conventional portrait in menace.  - Why the British Are Better at Satire
  • For the most part, the mainstream media remains befuddled by Anonymous, not knowing quite what to make of the group's mélange of illegal activity, political motivations and sardonic sense of humor.  - The Evolution of Anonymous
  • For me a Haynes manual is as indecipherable as the Dead Sea...Read the full storyLEADING ARTICLEParticular ProblemsA gaffe, sardonic observers have long recognised, is defined as a moment when a politician inadvertently admits the truth.  - Bill Gates funds scientists in unorthodox health research

Meaning of "sardonic" in English

  • disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking
    Example
    - a wry pleasure to be...reminded of all that one is missing

Meaning of "sardonic" in Hindi

  • बनावटी हंसी ( Banavati hansi, banaavatee hansee, banawati hansi)
  • नकली ( Nakali, nakalee)
  • उपहासपूर्ण ( Upahasapurn, upahaasapoorn)
  • अवज्ञापूर्ण ( Avagyapurn, avagyaapoorn, awagyapurn)

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