How to Use caustic in a Sentence

caustic

adjective
  • The chemical was so caustic that it ate through the pipes.
  • She wrote a caustic report about the decisions that led to the crisis.
  • Between the layers of shell, the cashew’s nut oils are caustic.
    Melissa Howell, Quartz, 29 Oct. 2019
  • Bouchard then showered to wash the caustic substance off her body and left for the evening.
    Ben Rothenberg, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2018
  • One of the dogs had her eye gouged out and the other was forced to drink a caustic liquid.
    Debbi Baker, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 June 2017
  • At the center of it all was Barr herself and her caustic wit.
    Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 17 May 2017
  • She’s then forced to balance her own wants with those of her caustic client.
    Courtney Howard, Variety, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The locals can be caustic about attempts by the ultra-rich to save the planet.
    Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2020
  • Meanwhile, two of the plays set later in time border on satire in their caustic wit.
    Jake Lamar, The New Republic, 14 Jan. 2021
  • After the caustic irony of the Whigs, the sincerity is jarring.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2023
  • The pause in imports from Mexico comes on the heels of an already caustic season for the green fruit.
    Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2022
  • How does the love at the heart of fandom curdle into something so caustic?
    Adam Rogers, WIRED, 6 June 2018
  • Known as a caustic renegade, Davis was one of the first outspoken owners in sports.
    The Si Staff, SI.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • The band formed in 2009, and have been evolving their brand of caustic but deeply fun hardcore through a series of lineup changes.
    Zhenzhen Yu, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2023
  • One big puzzle for Kazemi was finding a text for the caustic Beatrice to sing.
    Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Sorkin’s humor is cerebral, all caustic wit and clever asides.
    Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2021
  • Balls of caustic residue were observed burning on the ground after rising to the surface.
    Sam Roberts, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The closely fought race followed a campaign that turned caustic.
    Richard Rainey, NOLA.com, 14 Oct. 2017
  • The reaction creates a caustic spray to ward off would-be predators.
    Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 21 Feb. 2018
  • The waxy leaves and many, rapidly dividing bulbs, plus caustic sap, make this plant very hard to manage.
    oregonlive, 26 Mar. 2023
  • What played out last week under the Capitol dome was a caustic strike on a politician whose ascent had been swift.
    Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2023
  • But this agent was difficult to make, caustic and often smelly.
    Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 21 June 2017
  • Some of the most caustic and aware songwriting on this album is about herself.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 10 Nov. 2017
  • Sodium hydroxide, or lye, is a strong base and, in its dry from, a caustic substance.
    New York Times, 13 May 2021
  • Off the court, Swiatek has also charmed tennis fans around the world with her down-to-earth nature and lightly caustic sense of humor.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2022
  • His pictures are as caustic as their acrid green backgrounds.
    Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2021
  • Among a circle of younger avant-garde artists, Stettheimer assumed the role of a benevolent if caustic aunt.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
  • They didn’t get caught in fires or exposed to caustic chemicals.
    Sam Kean, Science | AAAS, 2 July 2021
  • Overall, the beauty of revisiting Red is that many of us, at points high and low, have related to its caustic, dizzying array of emotion, tracing the nonlinear trajectory of falling in love, breaking your heart, and putting it back together again.
    Allaire Nuss, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2024
  • There are special rules regarding vandalizing places of worship, vandalism using caustic chemicals and vandalism on or near a highway or freeway.
    Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 16 Feb. 2024

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