sourness
Example Sentences
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Yet success soon turned to sourness in his relationship with the hierarchy.
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2026
The flavor profiles of how I cook, the intense sourness, the incredible herbiness are all really influenced by my background.
From Salon ● Dec. 10, 2024
Adding heat with a spicy chili pepper can make your cranberry dish more complex while reducing sourness and astringency.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024
The first tasted the way a pure corn tortilla should: a pleasant initial tinge of sourness, a soft texture, a concluding rush of earthiness.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2024
He hadn’t seen anything but what was really before him—the faces of the four singers, those four ordinary men, cow-eyed and mindless and anguished as they went from sweetness to sourness to sweetness again.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
