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She tartly reminded him that he had never experienced prison himself.
"You don't seem to appreciate the situation!" she exclaimed tartly.
Sothern was never seen in the series; only her voice was heard, reacting tartly to zany happenings around her.
Rabies was one of those subjects which, we were tartly informed, was no laughing matter.
"Of course I didn't," I told her tartly.
Mr. Cates responded tartly with an e-mail message of his own.
The final film is a tartly enjoyable slice of romantic comedy served up with a dramatic bite.