The acrid smell of the chemicals made Sandy wrinkle her nose. From LearnThat.org.
I hasten to spit it out, but all day my lips are still hot and acrid from the brief experiment. From Wordnik.com. [In Seven Stages: A Flying Trip Around the World] Reference
Evaporate in acrid mists. From Wordnik.com. [Precipitations] Reference
"Something slippery and acrid wells up inside you?". From Wordnik.com. [Neophyte and Paradox] Reference
Terra hated the acrid smell of that red-eyed thing. From Wordnik.com. [Perish The Thought] Reference
The acrid smell reeking up the shaft was unmistakable. From Wordnik.com. [The Death Convoy Of Afghanistan] Reference
The smell of old oil changed for new, as acrid as sweet. From Wordnik.com. [Turning Pages] Reference
The closer we got to the center the more acrid the air became. From Wordnik.com. [Dresden In Flames] Reference
"Cavendish," together with the acrid perfume of printer's ink. From Wordnik.com. [Love at Paddington] Reference
His tongue flicks reflexively, acrid with the taste of her fear. From Wordnik.com. [Ecce viator : Behold the Traveler] Reference
New oats, succulent feeds and acrid plants may sometimes cause it. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
Contact with the acrid, irritating internal secretions also causes. From Wordnik.com. [Sex Avoided subjects Discussed in Plain English] Reference
As it was, the hot, acrid sand had suffocated the poor little thing. From Wordnik.com. [Rataplan, a rogue elephant; and other stories] Reference
Is it an outpouring merely, by a strange vent, of certain acrid humours?. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
The edge of the hatch split open, pouring acrid Murexide fumes into the cabin. From Wordnik.com. [Gold in the Sky] Reference
Mrs. Lively took some of the crimson, acrid berries and put them in her mouth. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873] Reference
When you oil grates it vaporizes almost instantly and can create an acrid smell. From Wordnik.com. [Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn: How to Grill Great Steakhouse Steaks] Reference
They never carry their criticism too far, nor give purposely an acrid touch to it. From Wordnik.com. [Conversation What to Say and How to Say it] Reference
She just didn't want torunanymore, choking at the acrid smell of the polluted river. From Wordnik.com. [The Palatski Man] Reference
Police responded by firing off rounds of acrid tear gas, which wafted through the area. From Wordnik.com. [East Jerusalem Violence Clouds Palestine Peace Efforts] Reference
Even at this distance, the acrid stench of burning coal was strong enough to choke a man. From Wordnik.com. [The Unnatural History of Brown's Island] Reference
The acrid smell of gasoline filled his nostrils as he finished pouring it along the grass. From Wordnik.com. [Luther Loves Lucy] Reference
And then it came -- pungent, acrid, bitter sweet, gathering in intensity second by second. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
For now, at least, the fires have died out -- but an acrid bitterness still hangs in the air. From Wordnik.com. [Fiddling After Paris Burned] Reference
It was a sharp night, made acrid from little saucers of untouched meat and milk left on stoops. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 1/cats] Reference
An impalpable dust, raised by the feet of the dancers, filled the air charged with acrid odors. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The acrid stench of spring, the crocus pushing up beside the blacked smudge that was her home?. From Wordnik.com. [One of Four] Reference
The debris pile is still burning and an acrid, strangely sweet chemical smell lingers in the area. From Wordnik.com. [13 Halloweens] Reference
In the arum, a violently acrid juice is secreted in the leaves, so as to burn the mouth of the aggressor. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference
The linseed oil loses its acrid elements by volatilization, and gradually becomes thick and viscous, the various. From Wordnik.com. [The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing] Reference
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