Sentence examples for The acid of from inspiring English sources
The acid of envy has played its part.
Most provoking is Woodsworth's warning against the acid of nationalism.
Trainwreck hasn't got the acid of Apatow's more incorrect comedies: some laughs, though.
Thus C2H4O becomes, with the addition of oxygen, C2H4O2, which is usually expressed as CH3COOH and which is acetic acid, the acid of vinegar.
The shells of oysters, scallops and other bivalves neutralised the acid of the rain, protecting the bones and teeth of the mastodon.
The Scots were also familiar with the Duc de La Rochefoucauld's "Maximes," a wickedly funny collection of aphorisms that dissolved virtue in the acid of self-interest.
Bethe and others hoped that framing the issue this way might take some of the acid out of the attacks on Oppenheimer's credibility.
The lies and exploitations, in turn, have attracted debunking counterforces: the acids of doubt and the harsh illumination of exposure.
They talk of the "acids of modernity" seeping "into American intellectual life throughout much of the late 19th century," diminishing the role of religion on college campuses.
His work on the acids of phosphorus led him to discover phosphorus oxychloride.
"The acid test of sincerity of purpose is not words but deeds.
