pungence

Example Sentences

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The wisdom of it is equaled, nay surpassed, by the pungence of its wit.

From Time Magazine Archive

It derives its pungence largely from the performance of Laura Hope Crews, who played in the stage version by Sidney Howard in 1926.

From Time Magazine Archive

I have read that its pungence can sometimes restore memory and speech.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

"I smell nothing," Anthony said, as an expensive pungence tickled his nostrils suddenly, "but I'll see——" He started for the corridor and stopped short.

From In And Out by Franklin, Edgar, [pseud.]

It whispered of a future that was to continue after I was gone My loneliness often took on the pungence of acute physical discomfort.

From The Rise of David Levinsky by Cahan, Abraham