He had to be careful, for he was very sensitive to ridicule; and the
acidulous humour with which the American treated the Church of England disconcerted him.
Castoriadis has conducted an
acidulous critique on Lacan, starting from the understanding of imaginary which in Castoriadis is broader as related to representation.
The voice of Saul Bellow rises above this crowd in its hard-grieving and
acidulous verve.
TASS A Fringe on a hat B Drinking-cup C
Acidulous who am I?
In that respect, they are reminiscent of the viewpoint of Lincoln's own elite bureaucratic contemporaries-the
acidulous Adam Gurowski, the unsatisfiable Wendell Phillips, the ambitious Salmon Chase--who could not imagine how someone as gauche and uncertified as Abraham Lincoln could possibly pilot the country through the shoals of chaos.
Liebeck's tone isn't sumptuous, and tended to take on an
acidulous edge under pressure, but his slightly wiry sound suited a vigorous approach in which Sibelius's demanding passages were skilfully negotiated.
It is hardly simplistic--"irritable mental gestures which seek to resemble ideas," in Trilling's
acidulous formulation.
The chosen value of concentration allows to estimate the efficiency of received sorbents to remove of iron ions from
acidulous industrial wastes.
When used as condiments, these fruits have a pleasing
acidulous flavor reminiscent of citrus, which is suitable for direct consumption or use in salads, fish, and meat dishes as well as juices and other beverages (WHALEN et al., 1981).
Some day I will surprise him by walking into his office with a faint,
acidulous, sardonical smile.
(1272) There is something acerbic or, as Costello earlier describes herself at this stage of life, "
acidulous" in the character's literary assessment, and also something that seems, on the evidence of the African work presented in the anthology, misdirected, wrong.
"Insider publishing stuff delivered with
acidulous wit." BARBARA HOFFERT
