How To Use Pungency In A Sentence

  • I remember an incident of his whist-life sufficiently amusing in its way, though, in relation, the reader loses what to myself is certainly the whole pungency of the story: I mean the character and nature of the person who imparted the anecdote to me, and who is about the most perfect specimen of that self-possession, which we call coolness, the age we live in can boast of. Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General
  • In a follow-up to the seaweed snafu news of these past weeks, we can report that some of the weed has been dispersed but there remains a persistent pungency in the on-shore breeze.
  • The seeds, as commonly thought, are not the true source of pungency in peppers, even though capsaicinoids are often absorbed into the seeds.
  • This keeps the spice from scorching; scorched Sichuan peppercorns have an acrid, bitter pungency which is less than salutary. Tigers & Strawberries » My Precious
  • I recently heard a commencement speech by critic James Wood in which he lamented the loss of pungency from our lives—so much is now sanitized or hidden away from the public eye—and exhorted would-be writers to search deep in their imaginations for the primary details that animate prose and poetry. Notable & Quotable
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  • Through that view-medium of misfortune—of a noble spirit in low environments, and of a squalid and premature death—we view the undoubted facts, (giving, as we read them now, a sad kind of pungency,) that Burns’s were, before all else, the lyrics of illicit loves and carousing intoxication. Robert Burns as Poet and Person. November Boughs
  • People will have the opportunity to experience olive oil's positive sensory qualities, such as fruitiness, bitterness and pungency, and to learn about its history and health attributes," said Flynn, who will discuss the renaissance of olive oil in California during the tasting. Western Farm Press RSS Feed
  • (giving, as we read them now, a sad kind of pungency,) that Burns's were, before all else, the lyrics of illicit loves and carousing intoxication. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy
  • In the opening to The Human Stain, author Philip Roth's narrator, Nathan Zuckerman, describes the summer of 1998, when "Bill Clinton's secret" - about Monica - "emerged in every last mortifying detail - every last lifelike detail, the livingness, like the mortification, exuded by the pungency of the specific data. Michael Takiff: Bill Clinton, Still the Biggest Dog in Town
  • the pungency of mustard
  • Clementi's Sonatinas, the child had made a rash adventure upon life in the company of a half-bred hawbuck; and she was already not only regretting it, but expressing her regret with point and pungency. St. Ives, Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England
  • Scotch colley, -- a lean, wrinkled, dark-faced woman, who is unwinding the bandages from a squalling _Bambino_, -- a mixed odor of garlic and of goats, that is quickened with an ammoniacal pungency, -- and you may form some idea of the home of a small Roman farmer in our day. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863
  • Drying may bring about a desirable change in flavour, as in pepper where the pungency increases.
  • Mustard greens, which are exactly in same family, has much, much more pungency, so it is kind of a spectrum of strengths. Harold McGee's 'Keys To Good Cooking' For Chefs
  • There is an acridity or pungency both in cold things, as vinegar and oil of vitriol, and in hot, as oil of marjoram and the like. The New Organon
  • The pungency of wasabi, horseradish, Brussels sprouts, and mustards comes from compounds called isothiocyanates.
  • They and a handful of other spices—ginger, mustard, horseradish, wasabi—are especially valued for a quality often called hotness, but best called pungency: neither a taste nor a smell, but a general feeling of irritation that verges on pain. On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
  • Sweetness in onions is more accurately termed lack of pungency, or mildness.
  • Iris picks out the pungency of sappy, new-milled wood, the resin-scented oil, an eggy stink of sulfur, male sweat. CONFESSIONS OF AN UGLY STEPSISTER
  • The gentler side of onions comes out in the cooking - but even when their pungency has been tamed, they retain a little bite to remind you of their wild past.
  • Too South African" is code for having a certain smoky, charry pungency sometimes controversially - but that's another story found in reds from that country. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
  • he commented with typical pungency
  • There was an aromatic pungency about it, which lent it a pleasing exoticism. GALILEE
  • Old odors laden with memory rushed to meet her; that pungency which, unaccountably enough, reeks of the cold boiled potato, and which old upholsteries, windowless hallways, and frequent meat stews can generate. Star-Dust
  • We'd bring our apples in burlap sacks, whatever we had, Macs, Baldwins, Spies, some Russets if we were lucky, some wild apples for pungency from the woods and hedgerows.
  • In 1912, pharmacist William Scoville devised the first systematic test for ranking the pungency of peppers using a panel of tasters.
  • Through that view-medium of misfortune -- of a noble spirit in low environments, and of a squalid and premature death -- we view the undoubted facts, (giving, as we read them now, a sad kind of pungency,) that Burns's were, before all else, the lyrics of illicit loves and carousing intoxication. November Boughs ; from Complete Poetry and Collected Prose
  • Isabelle tosses a quarter cup of curry into the wok and our kitchen fills with its muscular yellow pungency.
  • The pungency of pepper is due to the active principles it contains - the volatile oil, piperine, and resin.
  • Written with a pungency largely absent in Indian public discourse, the cables capture with startling verisimilitude the freewheeling political culture of the world's largest democracy and second-fastest growing major economy. Corruption on Singh's Watch
  • Mace has a flavor and aroma similar to nutmeg, with slightly more pungency.
  • The cheeses vary in pungency.
  • The Cress of the herbalist is a noun of multitude: it comprises several sorts, differing in kind but possessing the common properties of wholesomeness and pungency. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
  • To balance out its pungency, eat some breath-freshening parsley. Maria Rodale: The 3 Best Spices for a Longer Life
  • Such levels of spices can be comfortably consumed in the regular diet, except when their consumption is limited by the pungency (red pepper) or strong odour (garlic).
  • The oils have the pepper aroma and flavour but lack pungency.
  • Bush tomatoes have an intense, earthy-tomato and caramel flavor of great piquancy and pungency.
  • The pungency of wasabi, horseradish, Brussels sprouts, and mustards comes from compounds called isothiocyanates.
  • Gardens smell different now, the pungency of aromatic foliage becomes more prominent with less competition from perfumed flowers.
  • It is one of his most heartfelt works combining all the pungency, political commitment and black humour of his best plays.

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