How To Use Sourness In A Sentence
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Their cookery is exactly of the same sort with that already described in the accounts that have been published of the other South Sea islands; and though Captain Cook complains of the sourness of their tarrow puddings, yet, in justice to the many excellent meals they afforded us in Karakakooa
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
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Himself a rational pleasurist; as being much too wise to be ashamed of the pleasures of humanity, loved me indeed, but loved me with dignity; in a mean equally removed from the sourness, of forwardness, by which age is unpleasingly characterized, and from that childish silly dotage that so often disgraces it, and which he himself used to turn into ridicule, and compare to an old goat affecting the frisk of a young kid.
Memoirs Of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749)
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Sweetened bitterness, such as sugared espresso, for example, satiates the appetite, while savoury sourness, such as hot-and-sour soup, can stimulate hunger and highlight texture.
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For instance, a little sourness from lime or lemon juice in a stir-fry will emphasise saltiness and reduce the amount of salt required.
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Whenever I experience this, whenever a laconic sourness is thrust into my spirit, I close my eyes and seek for something inside me that can anchor me against the unpleasant wave that threatens to engulf me, cap-a-pie.
Notes from the peanut gallery
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-- That but one man, and he with one leg, should have such ill power given him; his one sour word leavening into congenial sourness (as, to my knowledge, it did) the dispositions, before sweet enough, of a numerous company.
The Confidence-Man
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Give it a taste and add more flavourings until it's blended in heat and sourness to your liking.
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Himself a rational pleasurist, as being much too wise to be shamed of the pleasures of humanity, loved me indeed, but loved me with dignity; in a mean equally removed from the sourness, of forwardness, by which age is unpleasingly characterised, and from that childish silly dotage that so often disgraces it, and which he himself used to turn into ridicule, and compare to an old goat affecting the frisk of a young kid.
Memoirs of Fanny Hill.
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Sweetened bitterness, such as sugared espresso, for example, satiates the appetite, while savoury sourness, such as hot-and-sour soup, can stimulate hunger and highlight texture.
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Himself a rational pleasurist, as being much too wise to be asham'd of the pleasures of humanity, loved me indeed, but loved me with dignity; in a mean equally remov'd from the sourness, of forwardness, by which age is unpleasingly characteriz'd, and from that childish silly dotage that so often disgraces it, and which he himself used to turn into ridicule, and compare to an old goat affecting the frisk of a young kid.
Fanny Hill, Part X (second letter)
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For instance, a little sourness from lime or lemon juice in a stir-fry will emphasise saltiness and reduce the amount of salt required.
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There was something in the man so far beyond any mere unsociality or sourness previously evinced, that even the forbearing good-nature of his guest could no longer endure it.
The Piazza Tales
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He cites examples such as "blinky," a word that has become obsolete because it describes a state of milk sourness that is no longer relevant in the age of refrigerators.
Archive 2006-08-01
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I used to devour them, but now they leave such a sour taste in my mouth and the sourness irritates my insides.
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Imperial Cold pack cheddar is very sharp without the "sourness" many of older cheddars seem to take on.
Cheese balls and Aunt Betty | Homesick Texan
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Thankfully he was too dim to perceive the effect he had on his beloved and puffed smoke lovingly at every sourness.
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Himself a rational pleasurist, as being much too wise to be asham’d of the pleasures of humanity, loved me indeed, but loved me with dignity; in a mean equally remov’d from the sourness, of forwardness, by which age is unpleasingly characteriz’d, and from that childish silly dotage that so often disgraces it, and which he himself used to turn into ridicule, and compare to an old goat affecting the frisk of a young kid.
Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
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Sweetened bitterness, such as sugared espresso, for example, satiates the appetite, while savoury sourness, such as hot-and-sour soup, can stimulate hunger and highlight texture.
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There is much less risk of bias here than in the sourness of the failed artist who has had to turn to criticism to live.
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It is the _accidia_ of the cloister; a trace of sourness, of ferment engendered by the enforced stagnation of youthful energies, a vague, obscure melancholy.
A Prince of Bohemia
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Fish sauce is high in umami, one of the five basic tastes recognized by the human tongue, along with saltiness, sourness, sweetness, and bitterness.
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The faint sourness of a pumpernickel baguette combined with slightly shredded slow-cooked salmon, watercress, and wasabi aioli is a delicious contrast of flavors.
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‘Asam’ refers to the sourness of the fruit, which is related to the sweeter carambola.
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T & G Lemon Sourness is to refine all the fruit ice cream and yogurt ice cream sorts.
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Day 4: The starter should have sweet aroma with slight pleasant sourness and full of bubbles.
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A ripe peach, for example, is predominately sweet with a hint of sourness, yet as you bite into it, you will taste a little bitterness.
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In traditional Chinese medicine, the pulp and juice of the pomelo, which taste sweet with a hint of sourness, are good for the throat, stomach and spleen.
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The faint sourness of a pumpernickel baguette combined with slightly shredded slow-cooked salmon, watercress, and wasabi aioli is a delicious contrast of flavors.
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Imperial Cold pack cheddar is very sharp without the "sourness" many of older cheddars seem to take on.
Cheese balls and Aunt Betty | Homesick Texan
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It is essential to use the best-quality ingredients for this starter, as the bitterness of a good extra-virgin olive oil and the sourness of the lemon juice bring out the sweet flavour in the fennel.
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Variations on a theme that come together with that touch of raw thyme that harkens back to the days he was working with Colicchio at the Tavern, and mustard greens and parmesan adding hottish astringency and sourness, middling the dish right at the level food in a restaurant called Hearth should be.
Augieland:
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This is a brine pickle made without vinegar; the sourness comes from the fermentation process, as is traditional.
Toast:
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After forty-five years of the playless life of a serf to blighting seriousness, the wonder is that sourness had not entered to hopelessly curdle all chances for joyous living.
Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness
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Approaching, I perceive the peculiar scent which belongs to such places, a certain sourness in the air, suggesting trodden grass and cigar smoke.
Janey Canuck in the West
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I regretted the words immediately, knowing that they'd carried an inference of sourness, and guessing that she'd notice.
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The idea is to flavor the liquid well with the spices and extract all the sourness from the kokum.
Archive 2006-01-01
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The sinking of bodies in water has likewise the same effect, as I remember to have heard of bottles of wine being let down into a deep well to cool, but through accident or neglect being left there for many years, and then taken out; and that the wine not only was free from sourness or flatness, but tasted much finer, owing, it would seem, to a more exquisite commixture of its parts.
The New Organon
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The sourness is similar to lemons, but more complex; pomegranate molasses includes floral flavors that most citrus fruits don’t have.
Archive 2008-01-01
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In traditional Chinese medicine, the pulp and juice of the pomelo, which taste sweet with a hint of sourness, are good for the throat, stomach and spleen.
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Earlier, astringency had been considered as one of the primary taste sensations, like sweetness, sourness, and particularly bitterness with which it has often been confused.
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Give it a taste and add more flavourings until it's blended in heat and sourness to your liking.
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The tangy pine of freshly cut lumber, the chalky smell of Sheetrock mud, and the sourness of paint primer.
Mercy Kill
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Acetobacter species are used in the production of vinegar where they oxidise ethanol to ethanoic (acetic) acid, the substance that gives vinegar its characteristic sourness.
Archive 2004-12-01
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Hot and spicy but also has the sweetness and sourness of Tom Yam, with butterfly-shaped pasta in it, the ingredient which makes this dish special and unique.
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Because it contained some peculiar quality which Shakespeare calls sourness, the sheep would not eat the grass of the rings.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8
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They can be used in spring salads; and their sweetness can be used to remove sourness from food, particularly fruit, so it is useful to add some when stewing rhubarb or gooseberries.
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Acetobacter species are used in the production of vinegar where they oxidise ethanol to ethanoic (acetic) acid, the substance that gives vinegar its characteristic sourness.
Archive 2004-12-01