(n.) A prolonged or exhaustive discussion; especially, an acrimonious or invective harangue; a strain of abusive or railing language; a philippic.
Example Sentences:
(1) I can't understand what was going on in his head when he launched that diatribe.
(2) His diatribes against Jimmy Goldsmith (on the possible size of whose "organ" he once dilated in print), or Shirley Williams, at any rate had no personal basis.
(3) Bercow thanked Williams and admitted it had been "a very long day" and said those expecting a long diatribe from him would be disappointed.
(4) "If there is one thing that has been wrong with this World Cup it is Fifa’s ridiculous insistence that teams wear predominantly light or dark strips," begins Stewart Todd, before taking a deep breath and resuming his diatribe, utilising both the 'relentless' and 'trenchant' styles.
(5) Anti-American feeling in Pakistan is becoming institutionalised at the higher levels of government, while opposition figures such as Imran Khan see their popularity rise on the back of diatribes aimed at Washington.
(6) A day earlier, Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, one of the Islamic Republic's most venerable imams, treated the weekly televised gathering at Tehran University stadium to a stern anti-American diatribe.
(7) She glared down at us, launching into a diatribe about how the press had invaded the Clintons’ private life.
(8) In a recent diatribe in front of Istanbul university students, Erdogan warned against modern-day “Lawrences of Arabia” trying to undermine Turkish power.
(9) In her diatribe against "misery lit" she said she found very little wit and no jokes.
(10) In the opening sequence of Aaron Sorkin's new drama about a US cable news show, The Newsroom , anchorman Will McAvoy delivers a diatribe to earnest journalism students about the reasons why America is no longer the "greatest country in the world".
(11) Their ludicrous “not in my backyard!” diatribes would be amusing if they weren’t so harmful to our nation.
(12) Moyles opened the show after the 6.30am news bulletin sounding downcast and launched into a long diatribe: "Do you know what, I wasn't going to come in today.
(13) Recent viral hits have included a video of an anti-Tory diatribe set to a repurposing of the grime anthem Shutdown and an official Labour campaign video from rising star AJ Tracey .
(14) The rhetorical term "diatribe" refers to the ancient traditions of Roman satire and Cynic moral philosophy.
(15) My work is not focused on the histories of war, the facts and figures; the political rhetoric and diatribes that fuel them; the divides, fears or greed that start them.
(16) The US diplomatic mission in Havana, long accustomed to reporting the commandante's diatribes against American tyranny, was not prepared for fan mail.
(17) Housing minister Kris Hopkins said: "This partisan report is completely discredited, and it is disappointing that the United Nations has allowed itself to be associated with a misleading Marxist diatribe."
(18) Cruz then continued an extended diatribe, accusing Barack Obama and former attorney general Eric Holder of “politicizing” the justice department.
(19) It comes days after a homophobic diatribe which described the head of a United Nations commission on human rights in North Korea as a "disgusting old lecher" .
(20) Caroline Lucas grabbed the wrong end of the wrong stick in her diatribe on the point of the government's transparency bill.
Sarcasm
Definition:
(n.) A keen, reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered with some degree of scorn or contempt; a taunt; a gibe; a cutting jest.
Example Sentences:
(1) I relayed all this depressing news to Prof Ashton, who replied with spirited sarcasm, "I've put forward my idea!
(2) Lendl and Mauresmo are former world No1s but he is an unsmiling martinet with a cutting line in sarcasm, she a mentor who chooses her words like a schoolteacher.
(3) But by actually writing the word "innocent", Tugendhat was able to judge her stage directions to be the opposite, as the English are known for their sarcasm.
(4) Mail them to knowledge@theguardian.com , marked Curb Your Sarcasm.
(5) April 14, 2014 As the sarcasm-laden ribbing entered its second day, the minerals council began to elicit some sympathy for its horribly backfiring campaign.
(6) Meanwhile traders and global companies are forecasting "business as usual", Reuters reports: [Rosneft head] Igor Sechin himself responded to being penalised for the Ukraine policies of his friend President Vladimir Putin with sarcasm, calling it "an appreciation of our efficiency".
(7) The inference of sarcasm from the refreshingly rebellious wife of the Speaker could only be drawn in the full knowledge that Britons run on such humour like midwesterns do corn oil.
(8) Thus recently I've been scouring friends' timelines looking to add unwelcome sarcasm and scorn to all the gaiety, enthusiasm and affection.
(9) Sarcasm is a useful weapon because it’s not common in Thai humour.
(10) Sarcasm is not a defense but a form of aggressive discharge.
(11) He criticised Obama for the sarcasm he displayed over the smaller navy.
(12) More from the walking monument to sarcasm that is Tom Waterhouse: "When I've bought my chalet later this year you'd be most welcome to rent it at a very reasonable rate for a few weeks so you can write that great novel you must as a journalist be constantly dreaming of unleashing on an unsuspecting public."
(13) Read more Corbyn appeared to be wearying of the relentless media attention and came close to sarcasm.
(14) Responding to a pledge by Romney to increase military spending and a complaint that the navy had fewer ships, Obama resorted to heavy sarcasm.
(15) 'The sentences,' wrote Larissa MacFarquhar in a brilliant New Yorker profile of Chomsky 10 years ago, 'are accusations of guilt, but not from a position of innocence or hope for something better: Chomsky's sarcasm is the scowl of a fallen world, the sneer of hell's veteran to its appalled naifs' – and thus, in an odd way, static and ungenerative.
(16) In his longest-running column, entitled For My Mother Bohemians, he relentlessly exposed the shortcomings of the political elite to the full force of his sarcasm by quoting their words back at them.
(17) The Curmudgeon Moans and has a great line in sarcasm.
(18) • Meet a student from... Greece: ‘UK lad culture was a surprise – and in Greece we don’t have pre-drinking’ • Meet a student from... France: ‘I miss the patisserie, boulangerie and steak - but France isn’t that far…’ • Meet a student from... Ireland: ‘I’m always subjected to atrocious Irish accents and jokes about drinking’ • Meet a student from... Hong Kong: ‘I surprisingly miss the heat, humidity and crowdedness of Hong Kong’ • Meet a student from... Germany: ‘I brought a meat hammer from Germany so I can make schnitzel’ • Meet a student from... Malaysia: ‘I miss how, in Malaysia, everything revolves around food’ • Meet a student from... the US: ‘As an American, it took me four months to catch on to British sarcasm’ • Meet a student from... Nigeria: ‘People sit around drinking tea, which isn’t common in Nigeria.
(19) The hypothesis that people of different races and sexes, having divergent temperaments and beliefs, will also show different factors involved in their attitudes toward death was not supported because the factors of escape, depressive-fear, mortality, and sarcasm were common to them all.
(20) January 19, 2014 7.03pm GMT Preamble So this year's AFC Championship Game match-up pits the New England Patriots against the Denver Broncos and I know what you're thinking, hey if only there were storylines for this game (searches in vain for a sarcasm font).