pungent

Example Sentences

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For a less pungent salad, use mild baby spinach in place of the peppery arugula, and goat cheese instead of the blue cheese.

From Washington Post

Relentless hissing fills the air, which is tinged with the pungent, acidic tang of sulfur that results from separating cast iron and waste deposits.

From Seattle Times

Or even the absence of diced pineapple, those sweet, sharp starbursts that are so essential to counteract a fatty protein dusted with earthy, sometimes pungent spices.

From Washington Post

But the tastiest part is the glossy sheen of tangy, pungent fish sauce caramelized onto that crispy skin.

From Seattle Times

It’s a pungent book but a flat one, narrow in its emotional range, a bleak, meandering and muddy-soled mix of fairy tale and folk horror.

From New York Times