Example sentences for: pungent

How can you use “pungent” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • A building called the Catademnon (pungent gust of ancient Greek syllables!) is certainly not merely a confection, reminding us as it does of condemn, Agamenmon, and Parthenon, all of which relate directly to Vance's hero Emphyrio and his tragic fate.

  • "As hundreds of corpses lay in their body bags," the paper reports, "the ice grew soft and watery, and a thick pungent mist rose from it."

  • One particular wine was described as “sweet, a bubbly, flowery, light fizzy feeling in the mouth” by one subject, “quite dry, quite tangy” by another, and “harsh odor, pungent, unpleasant, bitter, sharp” by a third.

  • If chatting is friendly and informal, it must also be brief and pungent.

  • (Today it is but a historical footnote; local cooks use nothing more pungent than a hint of garlic. )


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