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He tried practicing a snap on the sideline with center Mike Webster, and that was so witheringly painful he vividly remembers it 35 years later.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

To read of Herrmann’s witheringly unpleasant treatment of his wives, musicians, friends and co-workers is to wonder at the mystery of the self-sabotaging genius.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

At the roundtable that followed, Linda told Anna witheringly: "You don't need to be a sailor to know how to tie a rope, sorry."

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2025

She added witheringly, “I remember playing pickleball in middle school in Atlanta and thinking, ‘Oh, that’s tennis for non-athletes.’”

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2022

They also view each other with a witheringly critical eye.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden