Humorously sarcastic or mocking.
1 Do you know any good hypnotists? asked Lindsay with a wry smile.
2 The problem for me comes at 42″ with that wry , ironic smirk.
3 Political, 2002, a wry critique on power and geography by Tom Lubbock.
4 She gave a wry smile but soon her expression turned serious again.
5 There are some people you should meet.' He gave a wry smile.
6 Again she wore the half-smile, but it no longer held wry amusement.
7 He added the last thought quickly, and then smiled with wry bitterness.
8 His face wore its wry grin of discomfiture; but he said little.
9 He felt a wry sympathy for the port lady from Weber II.
10 The woodsman made a wry face at the mention of this delicacy.
11 Lesley glanced at my hand and then gave me a wry look.
12 Amazingly, despite everything that had just transpired, she forced a wry smile.
13 The leading roysterer stumbled, fell in a wry heap, and lay still.
14 John, drenched right through, gave me a wry grin from the wheel.
15 She made a wry face in protest that he fenced with her.
16 One for the purists for sure, he added with a wry smile.
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