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Recent Examples of sourness
Any sourness of musty odor is a red flag.
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Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
24 June 2026
The pomegranate molasses in the dressing adds a natural sweet-and-sourness that goes well with the beetroot, complementing both the cooling yoghurt and the heat of the pul biber oil.
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The Week Uk,
TheWeek,
16 May 2026
And the custardy texture somehow imprints a more pronounced, wholly pleasant sourness.
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Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
Salty chips and sour candies Your perception of saltiness and sourness happens a little differently.
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Linda Bartoshuk,
The Conversation,
5 Jan. 2026
Most varieties are made by straining out excess whey from yogurt, which renders a thicker consistency while retaining the same zing of bright sourness.
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Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
5 Jan. 2023
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
24 June 2026
The pomegranate molasses in the dressing adds a natural sweet-and-sourness that goes well with the beetroot, complementing both the cooling yoghurt and the heat of the pul biber oil.
—
The Week Uk,
TheWeek,
16 May 2026
And the custardy texture somehow imprints a more pronounced, wholly pleasant sourness.
—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
Salty chips and sour candies Your perception of saltiness and sourness happens a little differently.
—
Linda Bartoshuk,
The Conversation,
5 Jan. 2026
Most varieties are made by straining out excess whey from yogurt, which renders a thicker consistency while retaining the same zing of bright sourness.
—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
5 Jan. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sourness
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The world of Pride and Prejudice expects women to accommodate male pride as a social fact, to smooth over awkwardness, to accept that status and wealth compensate for coldness or indifference.
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Her fierce intelligence helps paper over some of the screenplay’s rougher transitions, and even lends a measure of legibility to Sylvia’s sudden coldness.
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Dani’s surliness has evaporated.
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The Dolphins knew in the spring that Jalen Ramsey’s tardiness and surliness did not fit the culture that the organization wanted to build.
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As the incivility and tribalism of our politics increase, the quality of our political discourse decreases accordingly.
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Many in leadership continue to not acknowledge or understand that behaviors such as exclusion, undermining, or chronic incivility can all be examples of bullying and can come at extreme costs.
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Emergency drain cleaning runs $400 to $1,000 or more, depending on severity.
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While most wildfires in the past burned slowly across the forest floor, providing benefits to the forest, high-severity fires roar into the tops of the trees, burning 1,000 degrees or hotter, with flames that can reach 200 feet tall.
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His smug iciness here would serve him well playing both Patrick Bateman and Bruce Wayne.
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The once-vaunted values of public life are now reduced to the lower standards of private life—venality, vulgarity, rudeness, incontinence, and ignorance.
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Tell her about the long, unwelcome chats, the bullying and the rudeness.
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Saura had a large sense of the humor, which struck those who got to know him, belying the sternness of his public visage with his playful banter and frequent chuckle.
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Engelbert has consistently mismanaged the overt physical hostility directed at the league's biggest star.
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Today, however, some experts suggest that explicit displays of racial hostility have become more visible in public spaces.
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“Sourness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sourness. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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