How to Use pungent in a Sentence

pungent

adjective

• Each slice of her pound cake is full of the pungent green herb.
  — Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2022
• If the aroma isn't bold and pungent, the spice is past its prime.
  — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2023
• Their bright petals and pungent aroma are meant to guide the souls of the dead back home.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2022
• The next is the pungent aroma of fig leaves, boxwood, and basil.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 24 Jan. 2023
• Has all the pungent markers of the variety, with a bit of green stem in the mix.
  — Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 30 Apr. 2022
• As the fishing gets underway, the pungent smell of the gas lingers in the air.
  — CNN, 20 Sep. 2021
• The ginger is hot and pungent; the seaweed, sweet and briny.
  — Jenn Harris Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2021
• The dish is full of contrasts: warm and cool, pungent and sweet, crisp and lush, raw and cooked.
  — Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2021
• That ensures the meat is tender and has a less pungent taste.
  — Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 26 Apr. 2022
• The pungent black smoke from his exhaust pipe gave him headaches.
  — Lenny Rashid Ruvaga, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Mar. 2024
• Dijon mustard: Adds a pungent flavor to the buns that pairs well with the ham and cheese.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2023
• Some slept in the same stalls where horses had slept, and the pungent odors of the track brought back memories.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2022
• The rice is teeming with the complex sourness of the pork and the lemongrass, and with the distinct pungent funk of fish sauce.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
• There’s fried gulf shrimp with a tamarind-lime dipping sauce that’s pungent and sweet.
  — Allie Wist, Bon Appétit, 14 Nov. 2019
• The cheese is pungent and salty, similar to the funk of an Époisses but much milder.
  — Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2022
• The scent of grapefruit trees had never been more pungent.
  — Hamilton Cain, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Mar. 2023
• Inside the package were six black and brown gummy bears with the pungent odor.
  — Benjamin Adams, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
• Then along came more of the funky odors with people having a pungent smell about them.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2021
• The leaves smelled dead in that very pungent way that is almost the opposite of death.
  — Lisa Taddeo, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2020
• Tens of thousands of the pungent little clusters grow among the trees.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 5 May 2021
• There’s a unique range of pungent sweetness to be had in the onion family.
  — Hugh Garvey, Sunset Magazine, 11 Aug. 2020
• Choose a good bottle and hole up for the afternoon with a cheese plate—the more pungent, the better.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Nov. 2019
• Who would want to live inside a clamshell, in that cold, pungent fluid, next to that pink blob of a clam?
  — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2020
• The onion-y veggie adds a pungent flavor to soups, scrambles, and more. 28.
  — Women's Health, 5 Apr. 2023
• When fresh, habaneros have a crisp and pungent taste as well as a watery crunch.
  — Pati Jinich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2024
• The pungent feta and spiced bread crumbs help awaken the flavors in the soup after it has been chilled.
  — Julie Giuffrida, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2023
• Acetic acid is what gives vinegar its pungent taste and strong smell.
  — Beth Segal, cleveland, 23 Dec. 2021
• On East, a molting monk seal smelled worse than sweaty, pungent gym socks.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
• Possibly the only thing not on the menu is durian, an extremely pungent Malaysian fruit that is banned in most public buildings.
  — Kari Wilkin, The Week Uk, theweek, 2 July 2024
• While these farts don’t usually smell, Nielson says, certain prebiotics can trigger more pungent toots.
  — Caroline Tien, SELF, 26 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024