trenchant
adjective
incisive or keen, as language or a person; caustic; cutting.
trenchantly
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a word derived from
trenchant.
Example Sentences
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Chapters follow Alice into her 30s, trenchantly dissecting the vicious circle of her lifetime dependency on medication.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
But if somebody says trenchantly truthful — something that strikes an emotional chord — people are quick to go on the defensive.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 25, 2022
Starring the filmmaker’s parents, Meir and Maya Gerner, in fictionalized iterations of themselves, this is a trenchantly written and concise portrait of an aging man quietly unraveling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2022
Next to Rick Owens, no designer essays more consistently and trenchantly on the tenuousness of masculinity as a concept.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2021
"Does Adele really want me to come?" he asked trenchantly.
From The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
