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Acrid in a sentence

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Acrid meaning

  1. Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste.
  2. Causing heat and irritation.
  3. Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating.

Using Acrid

  • The main meaning on this page is: Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste. | Causing heat and irritation. | Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating.
  • Useful related words include: pungent, vitriolic, virulent, venomous.
  • In the example corpus, acrid often appears in combinations such as: an acrid, acrid smoke, acrid smell.

Context around Acrid

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Acrid

  • In this selection, "acrid" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, thick, white, sent, smoke, smell and fumes stand out and add context to how "acrid" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a particularly acrid smell and a thick acrid haze that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "acrid" sits close to words such as aapi, aarey and aberdare, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with acrid

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

There was also an acrid smell of smoke. (8 words)

It was like a horrible white acrid smoke. (8 words)

The wood smoke in our south Laguna neighborhood was simply too acrid. (12 words)

Ash and an acrid fumes whirled in the air around Mbalula as he also announced that four suspects were identified as having set 18 carriages on fire, thereby completely destroying two full trains just before 3am that morning. (38 words)

So, try this combination with Acrid (it works on really any Survivor that kites a lot) to leave behind a trail of poisonous fiery death that will often start a chain reaction of explosive kills. (35 words)

Young taro leaves and stems can be eaten after boiling twice to remove the acrid flavor and the leaves are a good source of vitamins A and C and contain more protein than the corms. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

So, try this combination with Acrid (it works on really any Survivor that kites a lot) to leave behind a trail of poisonous fiery death that will often start a chain reaction of explosive kills.

The Hertfordshire resident hailed the police’s rapid response to the worrying situation, as officers responded quickly to the blaze while an “acrid smell of burning tyres filled the air”.

The lunchtime blast left a crater several stories deep, sent acrid smoke up the center’s north tower and killed six people.

There was also an acrid smell of smoke.

The wood smoke in our south Laguna neighborhood was simply too acrid.

Often arriving in puffs of acrid black smoke, these leaky, rust-coated beasts have become a ubiquitous sight from Bangladesh to Bolivia.

This time, even the urban bullies had to breathe the acrid ashes of their decisions.

Acrid clouds of tear gas filled the esplanade of Les Invalides monument, obscuring the gold dome that crowns the monument housing Napoleon's tomb.

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Ash and an acrid fumes whirled in the air around Mbalula as he also announced that four suspects were identified as having set 18 carriages on fire, thereby completely destroying two full trains just before 3am that morning.

At night, as I lay in bed, I imagined our neighbourhood as rubble from which acrid smoke rose.

But many of the blazes smoulder deep underground in once-swampy areas known as peatlands, where they can last for months and release eye-watering amounts of thick, acrid smoke.

For the second time this week smoke from bushfires burning in NSW’s north has covered the city, reducing visibility and filling the air with an acrid stench.

It is not just that Mr Hollywood cannot help but bring the acrid smoke of his messy private life into the pristine tent every week, souring the creamy dream of domestic harmony.

It was like a horrible white acrid smoke.

Now, the cells have their own features, including magma held at bay by magics, with acrid streams limiting visibility and causing penalty-inducing coughing fits – air quality isn’t stellar here.

On Thursday, smoke from the fires enveloped points south, including Edmonton, in a thick, acrid, haze that limited visibility and made it difficult to breathe.

The officers arrested dozens of people, pinning some to the ground, and fired multiple rounds of tear gas, filling the air with white, acrid fumes.

An acrid odor of tear gas and smoke from burning cars and trash containers filled the air in the areas near the clashes.

In a year in which the N.F.L.’s bumbling relationship to race has been at its most visible, this whitewashing has a particularly acrid smell.

Young taro leaves and stems can be eaten after boiling twice to remove the acrid flavor and the leaves are a good source of vitamins A and C and contain more protein than the corms.

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Common combinations with acrid

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "acrid" in a sentence?
An example: "So, try this combination with Acrid (it works on really any Survivor that kites a lot) to leave behind a trail of poisonous fiery death that will often start a chain reaction of explosive kills." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "acrid" from authentic English texts.
What does "acrid" mean?
Acrid means: Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste.
What are synonyms of "acrid"?
Common synonyms of "acrid" include: pungent, vitriolic, virulent, venomous, sulphurous, sulfurous, caustic, blistering. Plus 6 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "acrid" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "acrid", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.