piquancy

How To Use piquancy In A Sentence

• And it adds piquancy to the tale that many of these changes appear to be lifted straight out of her own book of cultural reform.
• A little mustard is served on the side to add further piquancy.
• There was a certain piquancy about the matter, and I well remember noticing how we sat a little forward and turned in our seats when they brought in the prosecutrix to give evidence. The Inn of Tranquillity: Studies and Essays
• And the briny piquancy of the broths that hold together his risotto with razor clams or bucatini with lobster make the addition of seafood to both dishes almost unnecessary.
• Simple vertical and horizontal forms tend to predominate, and since quilting is an additive process, a reasonably straightforward design can be given piquancy and personality by sewing in something small and unexpected.
• Bethune's claim is given added piquancy because he had a strong attachment to the biofuelled boat, which looked like a cross between the Batmobile and a stealth bomber. Conservationists row over ship hit by Japanese whaling vessel
• Yet many people love Poulenc precisely because of the piquancy and wit with which he re-interprets the music of previous generations - ancienne cuisine with a nouvelle twist.
• In fact, the emphasis on sex and its supposed sin can actually give the whole thing an atmosphere of wonderful piquancy and zest.
• Bush tomatoes have an intense, earthy-tomato and caramel flavor of great piquancy and pungency.
• Be not brought into happy event eating piquancy area in traditional ideas in the northwest.