tartness

Example Sentences

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The only extraordinary thing at the time about Stanton’s words was their tartness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

So how do you add a little bit of sweetness and a little bit of tartness to it?

From Salon • Dec. 21, 2024

I’m tasting Sprite, dried lime slice with some grapefruit tartness; a nice patio sipper on a lazy, shorts-and-sandals day.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2024

The lack of watering concentrates the tartness and sweetness.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2023

“Certainly I could,” Sparrow replied, a tartness in her tone that had not been there when she was speaking with Sarai, “if my gift were conjuring seeds from thin air.”

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor