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1. I am afraid of his trenchant wit for it is so often sarcastic.
2. A second less and the trenchant blade had shorne through his heart.
3. His speech was a powerful and trenchant attack against 〔 on 〕 apartheid.
4. My sister had a trenchant way of cutting our bread and butter for us, that never varied.

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 Meanings and Examples of TRENCHANT
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trenchant
 a.  forceful, effective, and vigorous; sharp or keen
Classic Sentence:
1  A second less and the trenchant blade had shorne through his heart.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
2  His eyes, of the usual blue, were perhaps remarkably cold, and he certainly could make his glance fall on one as trenchant and heavy as an ax.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In I
3  My sister had a trenchant way of cutting our bread and butter for us, that never varied.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter II
Example Sentence:
1  I am afraid of his trenchant wit for it is so often sarcastic.
2  His speech was a powerful and trenchant attack against 〔 on 〕 apartheid.