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

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)

He always left a trail of sourish air behind him.

From Growth of the Soil by Hamsun, Knut

When the cell is completed, it is filled about two thirds full of bee-bread,—the color of that in the comb in the hive, but not so dry, and having a sourish smell.

From The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton by Burroughs, John

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

From Aurora the Magnificent by Brownell, Gertrude Hall