PIQUANT in a Sentence
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Example sentences for PIQUANT, such as:
1. The piquant sauce added to our enjoyment of the meal.
2. She had a round, sly, piquant face and pretty black eyes.
3. Often a drop of irony into an indifferent situation renders the whole piquant.
4. There was something so piquant and original in these elucidations of humanity, that Mr. Shelby could not help laughing in company.
5. On the contrary, it seemed rather a piquant thing to us to chevy him about the playground and hit him over the shins with a wicket.
2. She had a round, sly, piquant face and pretty black eyes.
3. Often a drop of irony into an indifferent situation renders the whole piquant.
4. There was something so piquant and original in these elucidations of humanity, that Mr. Shelby could not help laughing in company.
5. On the contrary, it seemed rather a piquant thing to us to chevy him about the playground and hit him over the shins with a wicket.
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Meanings and Examples of PIQUANT
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piquant
a. pleasantly tart-tasting; stimulating; charming or attractive
Classic Sentence:
1 Besides, the eccentricity of the proceeding was piquant: I felt interested to see how he would go on.
2 Of her daughters, the eldest, Amy, was rather little: naive, and child-like in face and manner, and piquant in form; her white muslin dress and blue sash became her well.
3 Besides, there is that peculiar voice of hers, so animating and piquant, as well as soft: it cheers my withered heart; it puts life into it.
4 Often a drop of irony into an indifferent situation renders the whole piquant.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 10 A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 10 A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion
5 Fresh scandals have eclipsed it, and their more piquant details have drawn the gossips away from this four-year-old drama.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
Context Highlight In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
6 On the contrary, it seemed rather a piquant thing to us to chevy him about the playground and hit him over the shins with a wicket.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
Context Highlight In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
7 She had a round, sly, piquant face and pretty black eyes.
8 There was something so piquant and original in these elucidations of humanity, that Mr. Shelby could not help laughing in company.
Example Sentence:
1 The piquant sauce added to our enjoyment of the meal.