acidulous

Example Sentences

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But I was dying to see what she’d do with Joanne, the role originated by Elaine Stritch, who long owned the character’s acidulous second-act number, “The Ladies Who Lunch.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2022

Sharp observations like these show us glimpses of the acidulous social satirist of Hollywood’s Golden Age.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2021

Susan Strasberg plays an acidulous critic à la Pauline Kael: “What he creates, he has to wreck, it’s a compulsion.”

From The New Yorker • Sep. 26, 2018

German tenor Burkhard Ulrich made a properly acidulous Mime.

From Reuters • Jul. 29, 2013

The sulphate of quinia, in moderate doses, three or four times a day, with the usual attention to the febrile changes, gentle aperients, effervescent and acidulous drinks, taking care to prevent acridness in the stomach.

From Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party by Delany, Martin Robison