acridity

Example Sentences

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The pangram from yesterday’s Spelling Bee was acridity.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2021

The full acridity of the gas starts fumigating your buggy consciousness.

From Slate • Aug. 3, 2012

The polish, the precision, the elaborate grace and subterranean acridity of Mr. Cabell's characteristic style have never been displayed to better advantage than in this, which is among the very bitterest of his books.

From Time Magazine Archive

This species is quite common; and though very acrid to the taste, this acridity is entirely lost in cooking.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

Imagine the succession of disasters that had soured her and transformed seriousness into harshness and acridity!

From Clayhanger by Bennett, Arnold