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Example sentences for: wry

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(Wry commentary or poor word choice?
Coppelia was instrumental in the award-winning Cuban film Fresa y Chocolate (“Strawberry and Chocolate”), a daring film about freedoms and revolutionary fervor in contemporary Havana (its title is a wry reference to the lack of choices of ice cream flavors — indeed, of all things — in Cuba).
This romantic book is saved by unexpectedly wry realism.
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?
Casino blends Raging Bull with GoodFellas and can be interpreted as a wry allegory of Hollywood in the '70s--a time when "guys like us" (i.e.