sourness
Example Sentences
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Yet success soon turned to sourness in his relationship with the hierarchy.
From BBC • Jan. 1, 2026
That this sourness tinges the latest “Joe Schmo Show” may be unavoidable.
From Salon • Jan. 21, 2025
Adding heat with a spicy chili pepper can make your cranberry dish more complex while reducing sourness and astringency.
From Salon • Nov. 25, 2024
The first tasted the way a pure corn tortilla should: a pleasant initial tinge of sourness, a soft texture, a concluding rush of earthiness.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2024
The ice did not help—if anything it sharpened the sourness, and made the taste linger in the mouth after the mead was swallowed.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
