acridity

Example Sentences

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The pangram from yesterday’s Spelling Bee was acridity.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2021

The full acridity of the gas starts fumigating your buggy consciousness.

From Slate • Aug. 3, 2012

The polish, the precision, the elaborate grace and subterranean acridity of Mr. Cabell's characteristic style have never been displayed to better advantage than in this, which is among the very bitterest of his books.

From Time Magazine Archive

The leaves are so acrid, that if they be much handled they inflame the skin; and the wild plant possesses this acridity still more strongly.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

The filtered ether was clear, entirely free from raphides, and had also lost every trace of its acridity.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 by Various