How do you use Piquancy in a sentence? See 3 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like spice or spiciness, plus the exact meaning.
Piquancy in a sentence
Piquancy meaning
The degree to which something is piquant, stimulating or exciting.
Using Piquancy
- The main meaning on this page is: The degree to which something is piquant, stimulating or exciting.
- Useful related words include: piquance, piquantness, spicery, spice.
Context around Piquancy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 36.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Piquancy
- In this selection, "piquancy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 36.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, added, happy and slight stand out and add context to how "piquancy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a slight piquancy and leaves and an added piquancy this must. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "piquancy" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with piquancy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The cheese has a distinctive flavour, well-developed but not too strong, creamy with a slight piquancy, and leaves an aftertaste that is characteristic of sheep’s milk. (28 words)
As perpetual secretary it was his duty to pronounce historical eulogies on deceased members; and for this duty his rapidity and facility of thought, and his happy piquancy of style, and his extensive knowledge peculiarly adapted him. (37 words)
And the hits keep coming: Don’t Worry About the Government (a song about an old person that now has an added piquancy), This Must Be the Place, Once in a Lifetime, Glass, Concrete and Stone, I Zimbra, Born Under Punches and many more. (44 words)
And the hits keep coming: Don’t Worry About the Government (a song about an old person that now has an added piquancy), This Must Be the Place, Once in a Lifetime, Glass, Concrete and Stone, I Zimbra, Born Under Punches and many more. (44 words)
As perpetual secretary it was his duty to pronounce historical eulogies on deceased members; and for this duty his rapidity and facility of thought, and his happy piquancy of style, and his extensive knowledge peculiarly adapted him. (37 words)
The cheese has a distinctive flavour, well-developed but not too strong, creamy with a slight piquancy, and leaves an aftertaste that is characteristic of sheep’s milk. (28 words)
Example sentences (3)
And the hits keep coming: Don’t Worry About the Government (a song about an old person that now has an added piquancy), This Must Be the Place, Once in a Lifetime, Glass, Concrete and Stone, I Zimbra, Born Under Punches and many more.
As perpetual secretary it was his duty to pronounce historical eulogies on deceased members; and for this duty his rapidity and facility of thought, and his happy piquancy of style, and his extensive knowledge peculiarly adapted him.
The cheese has a distinctive flavour, well-developed but not too strong, creamy with a slight piquancy, and leaves an aftertaste that is characteristic of sheep’s milk.