We may readily imagine what a prey to the contagion must be afforded by these animals, already more or less ailing, some of which are fed in a great measure on malt, so sour and acrid that the very smell of it is intolerable.
Messer Lanti's eyes opened indeed to hear truth so fearless; but he made an acrid face.
Ludovico, lowering his cloak a little, made an acrid face.
I was conscious of a taste in it, a strange acrid taste.
There were deep channels about her eyes, worn by the constant falling of acrid tears, and her cheeks were wrinkled and yellowed like old parchment.
So Aunt Griselda drank her green tea in acrid silence, turning at intervals to reprove Bernard for taking too large mouthfuls or to request Eugenia to remove her elbows from the table.
When she had yearned for passionate affection she had found kindly tolerance, and the longings of her hidden nature, which none knew, were expressed in rasping words and acrid tears.
Since I have explained the nature of vitriol and its relatives, which are obtained from cupriferous pyrites, I will next speak of an acrid solidified juice which commonly comes from cadmia.
Similarly, when the moisture corrodes friable cupriferous pyrites an acrid juice is made from which is produced vitriol and sometimes alum; or, finally, juices are pressed out by the very force of the heat from the earth.
It is found at Annaberg in the tunnel driven to the Saint Otto mine; it is hard and white, and so acrid that it kills mice, crickets, and every kind of animal.
The third of these comes from Cadmia (in this case the cobalt-zinc-arsenic minerals; the acrid juice is probably zinc sulphate).
The plant is acrid to the taste, the milk white changing to citron yellow on exposure.
Peck states that when fresh the plant often has a slight acrid taste.
The plant is very acrid to the taste and is said to be poisonous, and to act as an emetic.
The milk is white, unchangeable, very acrid to the taste and abundant.
The milk is white, unchangeable, acrid to the taste.
The plain freshly uncovered from the snow was swept by a keen wind which held in spite of that an acrid prophecy of sudden spring.
It will explain also why the comfortable, the conservative, those who farmed the farmer, resented my thin gray volume and its message of acrid accusation.
Some of my playmates opened theiracrid hearts to me.
The acrid milk or sap extracted from the Euphorbia has, from its poisonous qualities, obtained the name of Devil's Milk.
The Clove is considered to be one of the hottest and most acrid of aromatics; its pungent oil (which is specifically heavier than water) has been administered in paralytic cases.
The Clematis flammula, or upright Virgin's Bower, is an acrid plant, that inflames the skin.
Another Dragon plant is the Dracontium polyphyllum, a native of Surinam and Japan, where they prepare a medicine from the acrid roots, which they call Konjakf, and esteem as a great emmenagogue: it is used there to procure abortion.
The drumming rain was scarcely a foot above their heads; an acrid and musty odour rose from the boxes and canvas-sewed bales about the walls.
The room reeked with the thin, acrid odour of the wine, and a sickly perfume of vanilla essence.
A dreary weight of anxiety and acrid bitterness settled on her.
Curse you,' said the young man, standing by the table and looking down at her with acrid malevolence.
Marguerite quickly called out to the impetuous young girl, fearing the conversation, puerile in appearance, would take a still more acrid turn, and entail dangerous results for Marcel.
Fothergill's idea of an absorption of the acrid matter to an extreme length in explaining the irritation of the alimentary canal in scarlet fever.
Immediately there ensued a very great and acrid defluxion from the eyes, nostrils and fauces, and very often falling upon the lungs, which occasioned almost perpetual sneezings, and commonly a violent cough.
During this time the roots ferment and lose the acrid taste, becoming sweet and palatable.
Although the fruit of this cherry is sufficiently acrid to be unsatisfactory to the whites as a food, the Pillager Ojibwe like it, especially after the fruit has been frosted.
It is a favored wild potato, but has a very pungent acrid taste when freshly dug.
The mud rooms, acrid with llama-dung smoke from the cooking fires and infested as well, made no appeal to me.
The acrid smell of the Ghost Wind was thinning in the streets, but I had to crouch in a cranny of the wall when a final rustling horde of Ya-men, the last of their receding tide, rustled down the street.
The tactics of the Squirting Cucumber in first frightening you, and then injecting acrid juice into your eyes, are thus exactly similar to the plan of action pursued by the angry larva of the Puss Moth.
For he has a couple of yellow scent-glands in his tail, which secrete an unpleasant and acrid aromatic substance.
The acrid odour of her flesh reached Cyrus, but he made no movement to draw away from her.
The scent of honeysuckle did not reach here, and when they stopped presently at the beginning of Tin Pot Alley, there floated out to them the sharp acrid odour of huddled negroes.
It was this stuff, green and partly wet, which gave out the choking acrid smoke.
Kyu[u]bei sat by, his eyes dazzled by the wealth of goods displayed, and his nostrils shifting under the acridperfume of the takuan and remembrance of his stupidity.
In every part of the plant there is an acrid resin and a volatile oil, and in the flowers an acrid bitter principle called arnicin.
Most of the species have tuberous roots abounding in starch, which forms a wholesome food after the acrid juice has been washed out.
It has acrid properties, but its corm yields a starch which is known by the name of Portland sago or arrowroot.
Some species have stings as weapons, others only their powerful mandibles, or anacrid and pungent fluid (formic acid) which they can emit.
From all parts of the tree flows this acrid milky juice, or albumen, which may be used instead of egg in clarifying sugar or liquors.
The trunk is straight and thick, and is armed with short prickles; the branches start from the top, and abound with an acrid juice.
The flowers are white and small, and are succeeded by acrid berries of the size and colour of small cherries.
All parts of this tree abounds in a milky, acrid juice, which drops freely upon breaking off the least part, or making the slightest incision.
This is the wild form of celery; but, by being subjected to cultivation, it loses its acrid nature, and becomes mild and sweet.
It is less acrid than the black, and is much prized among the Chinese.
Brandy obtained from marc has a more acrid taste than that from wine.
This is the most acrid and stimulating spice with which we are acquainted.
The best is firm and hard, and has a strong aromatic odour, with a hot and acrid taste.
In warm climates it is found to be less acrid and much sweeter than in colder latitudes; and in Spain it is not at all unusual to see a peasant munching an onion, as an Englishman would an apple.
Its general qualities are the same as those of the nutmeg, producing an agreeable aromatic odour, with a hot and acrid taste.
A few minutes before the Mistress was due to return for dinner, a whiff of acrid smoke was wafted to the man's nostrils.
For, increasingly, that earlier twinge of acrid smoke-reek was tickling his throat.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "acrid" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
