aftertaste
Example Sentences
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This vignette, despite the mishap, ends more happily than the others, but the evening still leaves a sour aftertaste.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
Hunan's fare has "a tangy aftertaste achieved through fermented chilli peppers", she says, unlike "Sichuan's numbing-spicy or Guizhou's sour-spicy".
From BBC • Aug. 16, 2025
Depending on how closely you follow “SNL” and its notoriously hard working conditions, “Written By” has a similarly bitter aftertaste to it too.
From Salon • Jan. 16, 2025
I believe there is an aftertaste so you can take that short-term approach.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024
The figs were fine, the olives even finer, but the wine left a tart metallic aftertaste in her mouth.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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