In a sentence
Six example sentences with acrid, each labelled with its topic.
He left the garlic in the pan a minute too long and an acrid smell filled the whole kitchen.
Cooking
The darkroom's acrid fixer stung his eyes, and he learned to prop the door open before printing all evening.
Photography
Acrid smoke from the burning tyres reached the school two miles away and closed the playground for a week.
Environment
The acrid fumes of turpentine filled the studio, so she painted with the windows open even in January.
Art
An acrid smell of burning coal hung over the market at dawn, drifting from the charcoal sellers' braziers.
Travel
Diaries from 1850s Manchester describe the acrid air near the dye works, which stung the eyes of anyone walking past.
History
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