aftertaste
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“Here Lies Love” seemed to want its audience to leave with an aftertaste of cognitive dissonance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
I chugged cups of instant black coffee like water, not paying much heed to the bitter, pungent aftertaste that lingered on my tongue and scorched my throat.
From Salon ● Nov. 6, 2025
This vignette, despite the mishap, ends more happily than the others, but the evening still leaves a sour aftertaste.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
It never lingers too long and is just sweet enough in its displays to avoid any saccharine aftertaste or eye-rolling sentiment.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
Even a heavy dose of Tamika’s hot sauce wouldn’t be able to bury the bitter aftertaste.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
"People notice metallic and bitter aftertastes and it can be hard to mask it," says Sharma.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2021
Dirty tubes can lend the ice cream unpleasant off-notes and aftertastes.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2018
Aside from unpleasant aftertastes, sugar alcohols can have adverse gastro-effects, causing intestinal pain and diarrhea.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 23, 2015
Typically, they are bland, with thin sour-sweet aftertastes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then he had aftertastes of understandings tolerably independent of words.
From The Tragic Muse by James, Henry
