How to Use piquant in a Sentence

piquant

adjective

• He served the fish with a piquant sauce.
• In the heat gun, spicy mescal and a piquant salt rim are soothed by aloe.
  — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Jan. 2018
• The cheese itself can be a bit piquant, with notes of hay.
  — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Nov. 2021
• This time, the jalapeños are pickled, and their piquant jab rounds out the sweet juiciness of the fruit.
  — Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 May 2022
• This adds a piquant note to Smith's account of his life.
  — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2017
• But the show, at its core, is a mystery—a piquant riddle for Mark and the viewers to solve.
  — The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2022
• The air was piquant and subtly sweet, like orange peel and cloves.
  — New York Times, 2 Dec. 2020
• With each bite, the flavors ping-pong between spicy, sweet and piquant.
  — Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
• In fewer than 48 hours, the cloudy beverage tastes piquant and bright and is ready to drink.
  — Kiki Flynn, Bon Appetit, 19 Apr. 2017
• In fewer than 48 hours, the cloudy beverage tastes piquant and bright and is ready to drink.
  — Kiki Flynn, Bon Appetit, 19 Apr. 2017
• Juicy, meaty, piquant tomatoes are proof that God loves us.
  — Joseph Hernandez, chicagotribune.com, 9 May 2017
• May rose and piquant jasmine grown in the southern French commune of Grasse.
  — New York Times, 17 Feb. 2022
• Globs of tartar sauce that taste like the stuff of your youth — creamy, classic and piquant — ooze out of every crevice.
  — Jenn Harris Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2021
• Ford’s new fragrance leads with piquant notes, built on briny notes culled from the ocean and then mixed with spicy pepper.
  — Max Berlinger, GQ, 31 Oct. 2017
• Salty, deep-fried ham-and-cheese croquetas with a piquant sriracha aioli — bam!
  — Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com, 15 Nov. 2019
• But there’s maybe no choice quite as piquant as that made in the final moments of Robert Altman’s 1975 sprawler.
  — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2021
• For example, the Goan Masala needs only coconut milk and broth to form a soup both piquant and creamy.
  — Aleksandra Crapanzano, WSJ, 27 Feb. 2021
• The shrimp had a nice snap to it and served as an excellent vessel for the piquant, faintly sweet cocktail sauce.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 19 Jan. 2024
• Each component does its job: the richness of cheese and crema against the crunch of the chips, the piquant salsa giving you a break from that fat.
  — Joe Gray, chicagotribune.com, 9 June 2017
• With those and the three types of fennel in the mix — bulb, fronds and seeds — the bake ends up with a satisfyingly deep, piquant flavor.
  — Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2022
• The piquant apples and chile bits can be eaten alongside the meat while the brine gets drizzled on top for an even sharper jolt.
  — Melissa Clark, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2022
• There’s no marinating, and the piquant sauce with comes together while the chicken is on the grill.
  — Bonnie S. Benwick, The Denver Post, 24 June 2019
• Van Haaften smuggles in piquant details about their lives.
  — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2018
• Holly was written as a slim girl, just shy of 19, piquant, breezy, and mercenary in her pursuit of a good time.
  — Callahan Tormey, Town & Country, 28 Dec. 2020
• Like the pure bliss of buttery ahi tuna sharing the plate with piquant Fresno peppers.
  — Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2021
• The junipers' oily aroma overwhelmed even our own piquant reek.
  — John Phillips, Car and Driver, 24 Mar. 2020
• It was combined with beans and sausage in a piquant tomato sauce — a hearty complement to the pasta’s pleasant bite.
  — Jennifer Graue, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2017
• On a spicier note, diners will also find bun bo Hue, a piquant, meaty soup that hails from the coast of central Vietnam.
  — James Patrick Kelly, idahostatesman, 8 Feb. 2018
• Add a touch of earthy, fruity perfume in the form of maraschino liqueur and some piquant spice and depth from absinthe to a standard Old Fashioned Whiskey Cocktail?
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2024
• Advertisement Add some spice to that sweating glass of ice tea and drink deeply of these piquant novels.
  — Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024