Words similar to sour

Example sentences for: sour

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

An op-ed article in the Times of London by its Washington correspondent Bronwen Maddox said Wednesday that the waste and misery generated by Flytrap left "a sour taste," but it may have prompted "a neat political reversal, helping to put Democrats back in control of the House of Representatives--and a Republican in the White House."
It is said that the human tongue naturally distinguishes among four types of tastes: sweet, sour, salty, and bitter.
Oxy comes from Greek oxus sharp < IE * ak , sharp and sour both being descriptive of acid.
A delightful essay slams Germaine Greer's new book as "a sour and undiscriminating litany of charges against men."
For salty and sour perception, the taste cell only needs to detect simple ions.