pungence

Example Sentences

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The wisdom of it is equaled, nay surpassed, by the pungence of its wit.

From Time Magazine Archive

It derives its pungence largely from the performance of Laura Hope Crews, who played in the stage version by Sidney Howard in 1926.

From Time Magazine Archive

I have read that its pungence can sometimes restore memory and speech.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

The road dipped again, passed some white houses where children sat in the doorways; from the inner rooms came a sound of frying oil and a pungence of cistus-twigs burning.

From Rosinante to the Road Again by Dos Passos, John

The house was over-warm, and there was a musty smell of over-aged furniture, old leather, and the pungence of mothballs.

From The Fourth R by Smith, George Oliver