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.