tangy
Example Sentences
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The thin sauce uses garlic, salt and other spices for a tangy, peppery punch.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
A place for the pork juices to settle, for the butter from the raisins to seep into, for the yogurt to drag through in soft, tangy streaks.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026
Most of the bottles are Villa Maria, which costs £10.75 in the nearest supermarket and is said to pair well with seafood and tangy goat's cheese.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Someone instructs you to tear off pieces and dip them in the accompanying guava and plantain chutneys, silky chickpea curry and punchy pepper jelly, pooled around a peninsula of tangy cultured butter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
The tangy taste of pomegranate crept into my mouth.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
Vocabulary lists containing tangy
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