[ UK /bˈa‍ɪtɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈbaɪtɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold
    bitter cold
    bitter cold
    a biting wind
  2. capable of wounding
    a biting aphorism
    a barbed compliment
    pungent satire
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How To Use biting In A Sentence

  • Either the recession is biting harder than I had realised or a lot of people are confused about the boundaries between fact and fiction.
  • Flakes with concavities exhibiting steep, unifacial retouch were used to whittle or plane wood, and flakes displaying spurs were used to incise bone or antler.
  • If the adventurers try to reach location 14 they will have to pass scores of biting faces and clutching hands.
  • He advised people against indulging in backbiting.
  • I have been cohabiting with my partner for over five years.
  • But it means you get this style of performance across the board that is people inhabiting characters rather than pretending to be people. Times, Sunday Times
  • An orbiting satellite picked up a distress signal from the ship's emergency beacon, standard equipment on all modern boats.
  • As his reputation declined, the sculptor retreated to his studio and stopped exhibiting.
  • 'Mmm, this cream cheese is delicious,' announced the girl next to me, biting into her croissant with vigor.
  • The Kuiper belt is an icy disk of debris orbiting the sun, beyond Neptune, and is the original home of many comets.
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