Directness & kindness marked her everyday transactions, as did a certain mordant wit.

Metcalfe appreciated the old man's mordant wit, all the more at a time of such tension.

There are lines ripe with mordant wit here, sentences that coax, then bite.

He bit his nails repeatedly and the mordant wit came from deep within.

There is mordant wit in her lower vocal placement - all within the realm of "sounds that help you through the day."

The actor is effectively low-keyed as a warrior and as a mordant wit.

His mordant wit and savage criticism were tolerated because of his expertise.

What I have, he said to himself, is a mordant wit.

He knew her sharp intelligence and mordant wit.

And having met him when fully grown, he had a chance to appreciate Arthur's mordant wit.