sourish

Example Sentences

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Duke Vincentio finally returns to square these various accounts, "measure for measure," and give this sourish play an ambiguously happy ending.

From Time Magazine Archive

He then took another taste, and remarked, "It's sourish."

From The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned by Macfarlane, J.

Nursing infants have a peculiar sourish smell, caused by the butyric acid of the milk, while bottle-fed children smell like strong butter.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Gerald’s face struggled into a sourish smile, and he bowed ironical thanks for the compliment.

From Aurora the Magnificent by Brownell, Gertrude Hall

It smelled horrid and sourish, as shutup bedrooms do.

From Sea and Sardinia by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)