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Instead, war broke out across Europe, and Asquith made his mordant headache joke on the way to the historical dumpster.

Yes, there's been some mordant chuckling in the media over his bizarre comments about "the late great Hannibal Lecter" and his meandering tales about electric boats and shark attacks.

His gimlet-eyed observations and mordant humor announced the arrival of a playwright with something to say and the fiery eloquence with which to say it.

The members seemed to take that as an official offer, as opposed to a mordant joke.

Typical of Lucy, it’s a funny bit with a mordant edge, bemoaning her situation by making light of it.