aftertaste

Example Sentences

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“Here Lies Love” seemed to want its audience to leave with an aftertaste of cognitive dissonance.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

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

Their honey, which is runny enough to be drunk like a liquid and is said to have a citrusy aftertaste, is used by many Indigenous Peruvians as a natural medicine.

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2024

Even a heavy dose of Tamika’s hot sauce wouldn’t be able to bury the bitter aftertaste.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas