ASPERITY in a Sentence

Learn ASPERITY from example sentences, some of them are from classic books. The app collects 40,000 words and 300,000 sentences. Input your word, you get not only its meaning and example, but also some sentences' contexts in classic literature.

Free Online Vocabulary Test
K12, SAT, GRE, IELTS, TOEFL
Word in Sentence
 Input your word:
Search Sentence
Want to search a word in classic works?
Search Classic Quotes
 Meanings and Examples of ASPERITY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
asperity
 n.  sharpness of temper; roughness or harshness, as of surface, sound, or climate
Classic Sentence:
1  It is worthy of remark, as a curious physical instance of the efficacy of a sudden surprise in counteracting the effects of extreme fear, that her voice had quite recovered all its official asperity.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
2  , the Bishop levied them on the wealthy with all the more asperity, since he bestowed them on the needy.
Les Misérables (V1) By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—M. MYRIEL BECOMES M. WELCOME
3  Three years had certainly not smoothed the asperities of his temper or his impatience with a less active intelligence than his own.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
Example Sentence:
1  These remarks, spoken with asperity, stung the boys to whom they had been directed.
2  Looking as frail as eggshells, she deflected questions with a hint of asperity, as any woman of her upbringing might have done.