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Meanings of piquance in English
Synonyms
Examples for "zest"
Examples for "zest"
1
Your father negotiated the betrothal with such zest all those years ago.
2
Thought of the coming night had taken the zest out of trading.
3
Also, feel free to use orange curls or zest as a garnish.
4
Sprinkle lemon zest on top and refrigerate until set, about 1 hour.
5
The children entered into the spirit of the thing with great zest.
1
He knew the place at once by the tang of sea air.
2
His keen nostrils caught the faint tang of smoke in the air.
3
The air was balmy, with a tang of the sea in it.
4
It has several names, including royal blue tang, regal tang and surgeonfish.
5
The cream of her skin glowed softly with the tang of it.
1
Seize him, my lord, and you nip the rebellion in the bud.
2
There was a nip in the wind, and he had no overcoat.
3
If we see signs of carelessness, we nip them in the bud.
4
Bullets began to whistle among the branches and nip at the trees.
5
If I did, I believe she'd tactfully nip them in the bud.
1
A mere 17 years later, those questions have assumed a turbo-charged piquancy.
2
In the Larghetto one group occasionally interrupts the other, giving it piquancy.
3
There is a fascinating piquancy in the strange slang and conversational intermixture.
4
A Grecian nose would take all the piquancy out of her face.
5
We are fast becoming the victims of a perfect passion for piquancy.
1
Thus, conservative conspiracies have lost their essential lunatic tanginess.
2
Although the sugar content is high it is not excessively sweet and has a pleasing tanginess.
3
Sweet caramelized onions and apples balance its tanginess.
4
Perhaps the strange, mouth-puckering, acid-metal tanginess of grapefruit juice will become a lost British taste, like liver and bacon.
5
For me, this gutsy dish is the perfect union between the richness of eggs and robust tanginess of tomatoes.
Usage of piquance in English
1
He caught the fineness of her nose, straight as a Grecian's, but with some faint suggestion about the nostrils that hinted at piquance.
2
"You belonged in the majority, then!" said Cigarette, with a piquance made a thousand times more piquant by the camp slang she spoke in.