pungency
Example Sentences
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Submerging sliced onion in ice water for 10 minutes can also reduce its pungency.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2024
But, he argues, the pungency of ammonia is actually a benefit.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2024
The books in this week’s newsletter, though, make bracing use of that famed predilection for pungency.
From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2024
The funk of the pickled fish is wonderfully shocking, its pungency combined with the chiles, lemongrass and lime leaf, making it sharp, vibrant and addictive.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2023
Incense rising with the pungency of irrational hope.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
