acrid

Example Sentences

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Burnt garlic is acrid and unforgiving; here, it should dissolve into the base of the sauce, barely visible but deeply present.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

The explosion, Ms. Nichter writes, became “seared into my memory”—earsplitting blasts, acrid fumes and thick, black plumes of smoke.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

New Delhi and its sprawling metropolitan region -- home to more than 30 million people -- are regularly ranked among the world's most polluted capitals, with acrid smog blanketing the skyline each winter.

From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025

You can still taste its acrid smell; all the TV equipment - cameras, lights, tripods - are tangles of twisted metal.

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2025

It carried the black and acrid smell of coal—and something else, a chemical smell, maybe something they added to make the fires burn hotter.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo