aftertaste

Example Sentences

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That can leave the occasionally repetitive “Zodiac Killer Project” with a shallow aftertaste to go with its smarts.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 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

Hunan's fare has "a tangy aftertaste achieved through fermented chilli peppers", she says, unlike "Sichuan's numbing-spicy or Guizhou's sour-spicy".

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2025

Depending on how closely you follow “SNL” and its notoriously hard working conditions, “Written By” has a similarly bitter aftertaste to it too.

From Salon • Jan. 16, 2025

Its grease-bathed pepperiness had a strong bitter aftertaste like anise, but not sweet.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago