It drew biting criticism from contemporaries.

Her unswerving loyalty to those she loved, and biting criticism of the many she did not, were shades of my father - perhaps the only trait they had in common.

He proceeds to offer a biting criticism of her husband who supplanted him in her affections, interspersed with personal reflection.

Bunter conveys an air of awesome solemn dignity lightened at rare intervals by an icy sarcasm and an understated but biting criticism.

Later, he wrote biting criticisms of the work in an apparent attempt to get it discontinued long enough for him to revise it and market the second version himself.

Smart, with plenty of lovable lowlifes, and biting satire.

An unorthodox blend of biting satire and music-hall humour, it sometimes feels too whimsical for its own good.

It's biting satire that stealthily takes a turn for the worse as the characters are forced to drop their act.

We think of his biting satire or gritty documentary style.

Not exactly biting satire, pardon the pun.

They shuffled off, back to their comrades in blankets on the pavement, and carried on their nervous vigil in the biting wind.

The biting wind took everyone by surprise, even, it seems, the scudding clouds, that had no time to drop their rain.

Starting at 11.25am we played eight holes and were back in the clubhouse, rosy-cheeked and buffeted by a biting wind, by 1pm.

It was bitterly cold with a biting wind.

Meanwhile, a biting wind chill will bring 70mph gusts before temperatures rise next week.

Viewers relish her biting wit and the occasional glimpses of the vulnerability underneath, not to mention the awe-inspiring aura she seems to carry with her.

His lyrics reflected life's brutal, sordid details with biting wit and infectious humour.

She's extremely witty - quite a biting wit, too.

Certainly the biting wit and selfdeprecation survives the transfer.

This brilliant, savage, biting wit was a warrior not an entertainer, an activist not a humorist.