sourish

Example Sentences

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Duke Vincentio finally returns to square these various accounts, "measure for measure," and give this sourish play an ambiguously happy ending.

From Time Magazine Archive

It stood open, and from the cool and shadowy interior came a sourish smell of malt liquors and the hum of voices.

From The Wrong Twin by Wilson, Harry Leon

No; it's shaped like icicles and has kind of a sourish taste, either lemon or strawberry, and it doesn't melt until you get tired of it.

From At the Little Brown House by Brown, Ruth Alberta

In the course of three or four weeks it acquires a sourish taste and to persons accustomed to the use of it is a very agreeable food.

From Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia by Northington, Etta Belle Walker

He always left a trail of sourish air behind him.

From Growth of the Soil by Hamsun, Knut