Example sentences for: wry

How can you use “wry” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • 95 per year for wry political and cultural commentary."

  • It was said with wry humor, and Prudie felt about as tall as a toadstool and will never again be careless in her address, which is, after all, what you're after, isn't it?

  • Plaudits go to rookie British director Richard Kwietniowski for deploying "exactly calibrated bursts of dry wit" (Kenneth Turan, the Los Angeles Times ). But the highest praise goes to character actor John Hurt's wry depiction of the writer.

  • (Wry commentary or poor word choice?

  • This theorem applies especially to My Son the Fanatic , directed by Udayan Prasad from a superbly wry screenplay by Kureishi (based on his short story).


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