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

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

Gerald’s face struggled into a sourish smile, and he bowed ironical thanks for the compliment.

From Aurora the Magnificent by Brownell, Gertrude Hall

Nursing infants have a peculiar sourish smell, caused by the butyric acid of the milk, while bottle-fed children smell like strong butter.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

The great burdock leaves, heated by the sun, discharged a strong sourish odor, and the child felt it to be something that would never change.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 by Various