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  • Sourness, which is distinctly undesirable, can be detected (in the form of hydrochloric acid) in a solution of i part in 130,000.

    The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963

  • Sourness, because, truth to tell, it annoyed him to see these supposedly sensible men trying to force the poor young woman into a destiny of their choosing.

    Exile's Valor Lackey, Mercedes 2003

  • Sourness, because, truth to tell, it annoyed him to see these supposedly sensible men trying to force the poor young woman into a destiny of their choosing.

    Exile's Valor Lackey, Mercedes 2003

  • Sourness is the most orderly of the taste sensations.

    The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963

  • As it is not barely a _Whim_, or the Result of an _odd Sourness_ or

    An Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, Humour, Railery, Satire, and Ridicule (1744) Corbyn Morris

  • Sourness is the precise sensation that wells within him.

    A Book of Burlesques 1918

  • Hatred; Sourness, boasting of zeal, but only venting the blackness of rancour and evil passion, -- all these make our adherents, and give our foes the handle and the privilege to scorn and to despise.

    The Disowned — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • Disappointment, only craving occasion to rail; Hatred; Sourness, boasting of zeal, but only venting the blackness of rancour and evil passion, -- all these make our adherents, and give our foes the handle and the privilege to scorn and to despise.

    The Disowned — Volume 07 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • It gives an ill-natured Cast to the Eye, and a disagreeable Sourness to the Look; besides, that it makes the

    Spectator, May 5, 1711 1711

  • Skins of the Grapes are thin, and the Sourness rectify'd by the Sun, and will bear pressing without injuring the finer Juices.

    The Country Housewife and Lady's Director in the Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm Richard Bradley 1710

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