acrid

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Examples of acrid

  • In part, this is due to the realization of the futility of the very acrid polemics which have been going on, with varying degrees of intensity, for the past century.

  • One of us lifted something from it, and leaning forward, that faint and invisible dust dry and acrid in the nostrils, we saw a long strand of iron-gray hair.

  • We shall always know the smell—the acrid, perceptible, unmistakable smell—of the rising threat of force.

  • The resulting cloud of acrid black smoke covers the entire neighbourhood.

  • The people of this country expect us to resolve our differences and to get away from the acrid recital of history.

  • The air is full of the pungent smell of horse manure rather than the acrid stench of incineration.

  • Noise is not as black as oil, or as acrid as chemical waste; yet it is just as harmful, in condensed form.

  • That is an acrid emotion and may permanently prevent the mental and spiritual healing which also needs to occur after any profound shock.

  • They complain that the continuous burning of bonfires in the open air makes smoke and acrid smells which are a nuisance to them.

  • I do not think we have ever had an acrid discussion.

  • I want to point out how very crude acrid inadequate the present proposals are.

  • I am, unfortunately, old enough to remember as a young man something of the acrid atmosphere in which the battles of forty years ago on this subject were fought.

  • Many will die, not from burns but from the thick, acrid smoke and toxic fumes that are rapidly generated when foam ignites in upholstered chairs and settees.

  • In such remote places one may come across a fruit which looks most appetising but on taking a bite proves to be filled with acrid poison.

  • I remember looking out into the acrid, lignite-smoke filled night at an audience of 300 to 400 people—probably one of the first political meetings held there for about 50 years.

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