Sentence examples for pungency from inspiring English sources
The phrase "pungency" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe a strong, sharp smell or taste, often associated with certain foods or spices. Example: "The pungency of the garlic filled the kitchen, making it impossible to resist the dish being prepared."
noun
The state of being pungent.
The pungency of cloves and behind it-Tom's sense of smell was acute - a bodily aroma.
I'm not sure it's absolutely vital (how can it be, if Jaffrey doesn't use it?) but I do like the sweetness against the pungency of the garlic, and the same goes for the ginger almost everyone pops in too.
Not always wholly immune from cliché, there is nevertheless a pungency to their honesty.
That 30% redemption fee is like the pungency of the fish it's an incentive to use your new currency in the manner for which it was intended.
Hot peppers derive their pungency from capsaicin, a substance characterized by acrid vapours and burning taste.
The pungency of Piper peppers is attributed to chavicine, a resin.
Also present are the alkaloids piperine (which lends pungency to brandy) and piperidine.
The onion's characteristic pungency results from the sulfur-rich volatile oil it contains; the release of this oil during peeling or chopping brings tears to the eyes.
The bulbs vary in size, shape, colour, and pungency, though warmer climates generally produce onions with a milder, sweeter flavour than do other climates.
Pungency may increase when full understanding of the term depends on a little inside information or knowledge of a term already in use, often on the slang side itself.
As the rumoured story from Ireland's past, with all its pungency and incompleteness, comes to fascinate Hamilton's narrator, it becomes in the end a means of effecting a resolution, albeit a complex one.
