How do you use Pungent in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like acrid or tasty, plus the exact meaning.
Pungent in a sentence
Pungent meaning
- Having a strong odor that stings the nose; said especially of acidic or spicy substances.
- Having a strong taste that stings the tongue; said especially of hot (spicy) food, which has a strong and sharp or bitter taste.
- Stinging; acerbic.
Using Pungent
- The main meaning on this page is: Having a strong odor that stings the nose; said especially of acidic or spicy substances. | Having a strong taste that stings the tongue; said especially of hot (spicy) food, which has a strong and sharp or bitter taste. | Stinging; acerbic.
- Useful related words include: acrid, tasty, barbed, biting.
- In the example corpus, pungent often appears in combinations such as: the pungent, pungent smell, pungent and.
Context around Pungent
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pungent
- In this selection, "pungent" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 28 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, bitter, air, less, smell, stench and perfume stand out and add context to how "pungent" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ammonia s pungent scent and and the pungent smell hitting. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pungent" sits close to words such as abelian, acer and ademola, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pungent
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The flavors are less pungent and salsas less spicy. (9 words)
Pungent aromatics of violets and turned earth, gorgeous blue fruits, mushrooms. (11 words)
The dye concoction, which he skillfully brushed on the roots, had nary a trace of ammonia’s pungent scent. (19 words)
Odeon, which has 280 cinemas across Europe, also allows you to bring in your own bits when you go and watch a film however, the cinema chain says it does not allow heated food, alcoholic drinks or "pungent" food to be brought in from outside the cinema. (47 words)
It’s at this point, with strangers’ puke splattering into the tubs on either side of me and the pungent smell hitting my nostrils, that I wonder whether being here is really the wisest decision I’ve ever made. (39 words)
Among the whimsical names and ingredients: Idiot’s Delight (pimiento and green pepper), Mad Merriment (shrimp, olive and mushroom) and Riverside 500 (dill pickle chips, beef and onion), the latter a pungent nod to Riverside International Raceway. (37 words)
Or going by Ibn Bharati’s dilapidated and pungent logic, does that mean the Indian Penal Code is anti-Indian; or inherently corrupt? (23 words)
Example sentences (20)
After visiting Mabee Dining Hall, many families and students questioned the pungent stench that filled the air, which caused many students to turn up their noses.
Authorities in Punjab’s Ludhiana district ruled out reports of a possible gas leak in the Giaspura area after residents complained of a pungent smell at around 6.30 am Friday.
Half Sunday lunch, half South Indian banana leaf feast, the two concepts have been married up to provide the six ayurvedic tastes (sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent and astringent).
I didn’t really know Mrs. Murray — I wasn’t a troublemaker, I wasn’t gifted — but there she was, perched on the edge of my bed, filling my room with her pungent perfume.
Natural gas itself is odorless, but an additive called mercaptan gives it a pungent, sulfuric smell that aids in leak detection.
The air, pungent with a scent to breathe in. Works of art — floral sculptures, botanical elixirs, scientific sketches, and beakers of blossoms — all evidence the art in science.
The flavors are less pungent and salsas less spicy.
Among the whimsical names and ingredients: Idiot’s Delight (pimiento and green pepper), Mad Merriment (shrimp, olive and mushroom) and Riverside 500 (dill pickle chips, beef and onion), the latter a pungent nod to Riverside International Raceway.
It is also not recommended to store onions and garlic near potatoes as they release a lot of moisture and the potatoes can also absorb the strong pungent smell of these vegetables.
It’s at this point, with strangers’ puke splattering into the tubs on either side of me and the pungent smell hitting my nostrils, that I wonder whether being here is really the wisest decision I’ve ever made.
Most of us have tried the peppery flavored, round, and red ones but you’ll find mild to pungent flavored in various colors and shapes.
Odeon, which has 280 cinemas across Europe, also allows you to bring in your own bits when you go and watch a film however, the cinema chain says it does not allow heated food, alcoholic drinks or "pungent" food to be brought in from outside the cinema.
Or going by Ibn Bharati’s dilapidated and pungent logic, does that mean the Indian Penal Code is anti-Indian; or inherently corrupt?
Other treats we sampled include pickled mushrooms (more absorbent, and therefore more pungent); mozzarella balls (fresh and creamy, with a slight red-pepper bite); and a super-crunchy pickled green tomato.
Paula Jenkins' passion for all things garlic began in the 1980s, when the pungent plant was a rare sight in home kitchens, and often appeared only sparingly in restaurants due to its strong taste.
Pungent aromatics of violets and turned earth, gorgeous blue fruits, mushrooms.
Still, I must try, while honoring those who have given their loyalty and life to a party that now teems with the pungent, the putrid, and the profaning.
The dye concoction, which he skillfully brushed on the roots, had nary a trace of ammonia’s pungent scent.
The program offers school children a chance to taste the pungent trimmings of industrial militarism: visits to military facilities, “project-based learning” and attend presentations.
The rapper-become-elder-statesman-of-chill was obviously serving as an advance emissary of American cannabis exports ready to flood world markets once the USA fully legalizes the pungent herb.
Common combinations with pungent
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: