Example Sentences

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The pangram from yesterday’s Spelling Bee was acridity.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2021

The full acridity of the gas starts fumigating your buggy consciousness.

From Slate • Aug. 3, 2012

The polish, the precision, the elaborate grace and subterranean acridity of Mr. Cabell's characteristic style have never been displayed to better advantage than in this, which is among the very bitterest of his books.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Italian forces were camped just under my window and he stench of unwashed men and sweaty uniforms penetrated the miserable garret I slept in with suffocating acridity.

From Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle by Durham, M. E. (Mary Edith)

A burning acridity of taste is the common characteristic of the several varieties of the Buttercup.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas