Example Sentences

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The spiciness had a kick that left my companions asking if I needed some milk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

We’re examining opportunities to integrate other native plants into our pecan milks for both sweetness and spiciness, for protein, and also to add bio-effective, plant-based sources of calcium and key minerals.

From Salon • Dec. 15, 2024

The spiciness comes from the potent “ghost pepper”, cultivated in northeastern India, where it's known as bhut jolokia.

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2024

But summer is also a time for slowing down to taste lots of literary flavors, whether it’s the spiciness of a globe-trotting adventure, the sweetness of late-life companionship or the bite of salt-and-vinegar short stories.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024

Odenigbo was holding a newspaper-wrapped package of suya; she could smell the smoky spiciness from where she stood.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie