How to Use wry in a Sentence

wry

adjective

• His books are noted for their wry humor.
• It’s the kind of wry tragedy that fans have come to expect from the author.
  — Shannon Carlin, Time, 15 Dec. 2022
• The wry thriller really ought to be in the running this time.
  — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Jan. 2023
• There was a wry smile as Beckham heard the last of the commentary, 20 years on, just the hint of a twinkle in his eye.
  — New York Times, 5 Nov. 2021
• As he was placed under arrest, a wry grin spread across his face.
  — Longreads, 12 Aug. 2021
• Always ready with a wry smile or a cheeky line, White earned the title Golden Girl.
  — Joseph Coughlin, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2022
• The prose is not quite Steinbeck’s standards, but it is filled with wry humor.
  — Brian Smale, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2021
• The building manager seemed to sense my poor outing and gave me a wry smile.
  — Jeremy Miller, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
• His music has both a wry element of wit and world melancholy to it.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2022
• This wry British humor steeps into the Wild Things’ music.
  — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2022
• Niemann, 19, cracked a wry smile in an interview after the match.
  — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2022
• The picture is of a pastor in Tuckerman sitting on his front porch bench with a wry smile on his face.
  — Arkansas Online, 1 May 2021
• In the midst of one of the most troubled of times in world history, a little (or a lot of) comedy lends a wry levity to the tragedies of the day.
  — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2021
• But the speaker of the House, Lindsay Hoyle, made a wry allusion to more turbulent times.
  — Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2022
• Then Cronin’s wry smile disappeared, a nod to the little school with the big-time resolve trying to slay its next giant.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2022
• The Paramount+ show is a ridiculous drama that could become a wry comedy.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2022
• Depp spoke slowly and calmly during his time on the stand last month and made wry quips when challenged by Heard’s legal team.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Rolling Stone, 4 May 2022
• That would be Doug’s assistant, Tina, who is brought to life in a wry performance from Idara Victor.
  — Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com, 17 Mar. 2022
• There have already been Germans building rockets, Weiss says with a wry smile.
  — Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2021
• Schenk adopts a kind of bemusement toward Zeke; Minghella has just the wry expressions to sell it.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 12 May 2021
• Medley is, if not a great writer, certainly a compelling one, with a clear voice and a kind of wry humor that creeps up on you.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2021
• All became the grist for her dark satire, laced with wry, aphoristic asides on the human condition.
  — Alan Cowell, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2023
• Fey is a delight in this sequence, her wry pompousness accented with a wink.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 28 June 2022
• Munro’s characters are drawn from the upper classes, and his prose is droll in the British way—wry and epigrammatic.
  — The New Yorker, 28 June 2021
• This album release from the Stones has, on a number of occasions, brought a wry smile to my face and no doubt would continue to do so.
  — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 9 Sep. 2022
• Watts was wry and rock-steady in both his playing and his personality.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 24 Aug. 2021
• But while Bechdel is adept at wry humor, lightness isn’t exactly her thing.
  — Heller McAlpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2021
• Indeed, the wry humor Talati credits Parsi people with shines through from across the book’s pages.
  — Lara Johnson-Wheeler, Vogue, 5 Jan. 2023
• The jokes were wry and nihilistic, disguising a heartfelt earnestness at the story’s core.
  — Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
• Wet Leg’s general bearing is wry, playful and focused on pleasure.
  — Wsj Arts, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024