He commented with typical pungency. From LearnThat.org.
He commented with typical pungency. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The pungency of mustard. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
This keeps the spice from scorching; scorched Sichuan peppercorns have an acrid, bitter pungency which is less than salutary. From Wordnik.com. [Tigers & Strawberries » My Precious] Reference
(giving, as we read them now, a sad kind of pungency,) that Burns's were, before all else, the lyrics of illicit loves and carousing intoxication. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy] Reference
Incense rising with the pungency of irrational hope. From Wordnik.com. [Middlesex]
The pungency stung his nose with eclipsing sweetness. From Wordnik.com. [Son of a Witch]
So people are putting some pungency back into their lives. From Wordnik.com. [Macanudos On The Rocks] Reference
Between the heat and the minty pungency of the salve, he felt giddy. From Wordnik.com. [Renegade's Magic]
Hilda picked it up and drew in the crude, warm pungency of its smell. From Wordnik.com. [Hilda A Story of Calcutta] Reference
Hilda picked it up, and drew in the crude, warm pungency of its smell. From Wordnik.com. [The Path of a Star] Reference
Sir Robert Walpole said of him, with a pungency worthy of his son, that. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847] Reference
Who concentrates more pungency, or collects more sweets than the busy bee?. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847] Reference
Also a sharp pyroligneous-acid pungency in the air that stings one's eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859] Reference
Some of his religious tracts are written with great eloquence and pungency. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
The seeds are similar to the roots in taste and odor, but have greater pungency. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
Culture appears to increase the size, but to diminish the pungency of the fruit. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
They are used chiefly in confectionery, and have the flavor and pungency of cassia. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
But the pungency of this antithesis comes from an imperfect realization of its meaning. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864] Reference
All very good Shakspearian actors with a taste of a brogue to give their remarks pungency. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 24, 1891] Reference
And therefore the leaves of wild Cresses were eaten as a substitute for giving pungency to the food. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
He can say daring things in a daring manner, and give the pungency of epigram to his political paradoxes. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844] Reference
Feel free to stink up the whole coach cabin with a French Livarot cheese whose pungency begs for a shower. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Rosenthal: Must Plane Food be Plain Food?] Reference
Legitimists, which, for audacity, force and pungency was only equaled by the paralyzing effect it produced. From Wordnik.com. [Edmond Dantès] Reference
This and the Blood-red are much esteemed by some for their extreme pungency and for their diuretic properties. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
The pungency, by the way, depends not only on the variety of onion but also on how much sulfur is in the soil. From Wordnik.com. [2: Vegetables and small fruits in the tropics] Reference
Wasabi loses much of its flavor and pungency within minutes after it's grated, and so its preparation is timely. From Wordnik.com. [If You Knew Sushi] Reference
Spearmint adds to lemonade the pleasing pungency it as readily imparts to a less harmful but more notorious beverage. From Wordnik.com. [Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses] Reference
The strongest would not make him sneeze, or wring from the sensibility of his eyes the smallest tribute to its pungency. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 11, 1841] Reference
His speeches were remarkable for their pungency and wit, and when the question of slavery was under discussion his soul took fire. From Wordnik.com. [Political Recollections 1840 to 1872] Reference
Toward morning there came a quiet life-giving rain that freshened the parched earth and brought out the pungency of the pine trees. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp] Reference
In the undergrowth on her left a small, stealthy presence made itself known via a pungency that dominated everything in its vicinity. From Wordnik.com. [Dirge]
His style is not merely remarkable considering its author's difficulties; it is capable at need of pungency and of high expressiveness. From Wordnik.com. [The Danish History, Books I-IX] Reference
Transparency, pungency, and flavour, are qualities that highly recommend this liquor, and should be particularly aimed at by the brewer. From Wordnik.com. [The American Practical Brewer and Tanner] Reference
The monks of the convents are famous for the production of a snuff, which for pungency, at least, is far superior to the snuffs of Europe. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
The adulterations most commonly used to give bitterness are gentian, wormwood, and quassia; to impart pungency, ginger, orange-peel, and caraway. From Wordnik.com. [Katie Robertson A Girls Story of Factory Life] Reference
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