PIQUANT in a Sentence

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Example sentences for PIQUANT, such as:

1. The piquant sauce added to our enjoyment of the meal.
2. She had a round, sly, piquant face and pretty black eyes.
3. Often a drop of irony into an indifferent situation renders the whole piquant.
4. There was something so piquant and original in these elucidations of humanity, that Mr. Shelby could not help laughing in company.
5. On the contrary, it seemed rather a piquant thing to us to chevy him about the playground and hit him over the shins with a wicket.

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 Meanings and Examples of PIQUANT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
piquant
 a.  pleasantly tart-tasting; stimulating; charming or attractive
Classic Sentence:
1  Besides, the eccentricity of the proceeding was piquant: I felt interested to see how he would go on.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
2  Of her daughters, the eldest, Amy, was rather little: naive, and child-like in face and manner, and piquant in form; her white muslin dress and blue sash became her well.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
3  Besides, there is that peculiar voice of hers, so animating and piquant, as well as soft: it cheers my withered heart; it puts life into it.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
4  Often a drop of irony into an indifferent situation renders the whole piquant.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 10 A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion
5  Fresh scandals have eclipsed it, and their more piquant details have drawn the gossips away from this four-year-old drama.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
6  On the contrary, it seemed rather a piquant thing to us to chevy him about the playground and hit him over the shins with a wicket.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
7  She had a round, sly, piquant face and pretty black eyes.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XII
8  There was something so piquant and original in these elucidations of humanity, that Mr. Shelby could not help laughing in company.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
Example Sentence:
1  The piquant sauce added to our enjoyment of the meal.