tangy
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- tanginess noun
Etymology
Origin of tangy
Example Sentences
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It creates contrast against the tangy cake below.
From Salon
Most of the bottles are Villa Maria, which costs £10.75 in the nearest supermarket and is said to pair well with seafood and tangy goat's cheese.
From BBC
When stirred through at the end, it thickens the tomato juices into something cohesive — salty, tangy, faintly luxurious.
From Salon
Cool and tangy yogurt, fruit that tastes unmistakably like itself, crunch that shatters and then yields.
From Salon
For days afterward, I had a jar of deeply savory, softly tangy vegetables ready to scatter over everything.
From Salon
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