acrid
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Residents said the smoke had caused a "fogginess" and "acrid smell" stretching for several miles between Torfaen and Pontypool.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Over the next week, the fire continued to burn through dense insulation foam within the building’s walls and other unknown industrial materials, blanketing much of L.A. in acrid smoke.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
In the 1960s and 1970s, he would be up before the sun to pack a thermos of coffee and a camp lunch in one saddle bag and an acrid, tar-like screwworm killer in the other.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
The walls around Equatorial Guinea's notorious Bata prison were freshly painted salmon-pink for Pope Leo XIV's visit Wednesday, but inside there was no masking the acrid smell of sweat and urine.
From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026
The lobby of the hotel smells like candied lemon and bleach, an acrid combination that burns my nostrils when I breathe it in.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
Vocabulary lists containing acrid
Lord of the Flies
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The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 8
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