How to Use sour in a Sentence

sour

1 of 3 adjective

• The milk had turned sour.
• He made a sour face.
• The house smelled of baby lotion and sour milk and urine.
  — Jamie Quatro, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
• The goal is to balance the saltiness, not turn the gravy citrusy or sour.
  — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2023
• Discard any tomatoes that have a sour smell or pus along the crack.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2023
• The taste of something sour inspires people to take risks.
  — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
• To be robust but sour, like an alarm clock, is to make a fretful noise.
  — The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2023
• The result is part sweet and sour, part tangy and spicy and fully soul-warming.
  — Brooke Viggiano, Chron, 16 Feb. 2023
• There are two types of cherries: sweet and tart (also called sour).
  — Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 29 July 2023
• Regardless of the accolades, his life in the Army turned sour.
  — C. J. Chivers, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2023
• As the dish came together, the smell — slightly sweet, sour and deeply savory — filled the room.
  — G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
• Every few miles, the sour stench of decaying bodies rose with the dust.
  — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2023
• The shot brought more sour feelings for the Americans during a rough first day.
  — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
• While that may leave a sour taste in some mouths, others think pickles are the real dill!
  — Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Feb. 2023
• After all, short of a serious sour puss, who doesn't like to laugh?
  — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 20 June 2023
• When things turn sour, the cry is heard for government to step in with bailouts and subsidies.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2023
• Lime: Zest and fresh lime juice are added for a double dose of sour, citrusy flavor.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 11 July 2023
• To make 4 cups sour milk, place 1/4 cup lemon juice or vinegar in a glass measuring cup.
  — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Feb. 2024
• Replace flour with a foul, musty, or sour odor or if the texture and coloring have changed.
  — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 22 June 2023
• Among the most popular wing sauces are gold rush, stinger (sweet and sour) and Buffalo.
  — Philip Freeman, Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2024
• This one is made with gold tequila, triple sec, and a housemade sweet & sour mix and is served in a 10 oz glass that's garnished with salt and lime on the rim.
  — Amber Love Bond, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
• There are rye and honey aromas on the nose, which morph into a bizarre but not unpleasant sweet and sour mix on the palate.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2023
• According to most polls, Americans are ending the year in a sour mood.
  — Zachary Karabell, WSJ, 28 Dec. 2023
• Spoiled egg salad will smell sour or have a sulfurous odor like rotten eggs.
  — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2024
• Tequila gets friendly with passion fruit, sweet and sour, and orange and lime juices.
  — Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 22 Feb. 2023
• Brewed from sugarcane juice, sukang maasim has a rather mild, sour flavor.
  — Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN, 5 Mar. 2023
• Make restaurant-quality hot and sour soup or a twist on beef barley soup that gets a spark from lemon.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2024
• The optics of getting his house ready to sell days before the start of the Big East tournament will rightly leave a sour taste in fans’ mouths.
  — Mike Raia, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Mar. 2023
• The moves have ensured that more barrels of those countries' heavier, sour crude will come off the market through year's end.
  — David Uberti, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2023
• Now, the Padres will find out if Morejon can erase the sour taste of pumping so much money into a class with wide potential and narrow results.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2024

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sour

2 of 3 noun

• The decision was made at the bar at 11:30 pm with a rum sour.
  — Recode Staff, Recode, 10 May 2018
• This drink is a winner for any fans of a New York sour.
  — Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2022
• Which nations will feel the sweetness of joy and which the sour of despair?
  — Jared Young, chicagotribune.com, 21 June 2018
• Brew hounds in the know—you, now — will do well to ask for the secret list of rare Belgian sours.
  — Los Angeles Magazine, 20 June 2017
• Get your fruit fix with this cloudy sour out of Problem Solved.
  — Blaine Callahan, Hartford Courant, 1 Dec. 2022
• Finish your meal with a stiff lemon sour and a bowl of rice topped with salmon roe.
  — Bon Appetit, 19 Mar. 2018
• For fans, the allure of a sour comes in its uniquely tangy aroma and taste.
  — Ryan Prior, CNN, 18 Aug. 2020
• Keep tasting every day to know how far the sour has progressed.
  — Ian Knauer, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2022
• The beer promised prickly pear flavor but wasn't listed as a sour.
  — Tirion Morris, azcentral, 14 Feb. 2020
• This mellow sour has restrained fruit and a bit of dryness.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 5 July 2020
• This modern re-telling of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew is about two sisters, one sweet and one sour.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 14 Jan. 2023
• Is this part of why, in so many cultures, no meal is complete without a touch of sour?
  — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
• Sweet meets sour in the lemon meringue tart, which is fitting, given that the tart, ever the coquette, swings both sweet and sour.
  — Leah Eskin, chicagotribune.com, 20 Mar. 2018
• Of the five tastes — sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami — sour is one of the most mysterious.
  — Veronique Greenwood, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2018
• Wash it all down with a Chilean pisco sour or bottle of local wine.
  — Nora Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2023
• The Raspberry Geyser sour is a refreshing pucker-up that glows like a pink rosé in the glass.
  — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 5 July 2019
• There will be 65 kegs of ales on tap that range from light sour to heavily fruited.
  — John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 8 June 2023
• That means carrying light and dark beers, sours, lagers, fruit beers and more inside the small taproom.
  — Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 13 Apr. 2023
• But craft beer is much more than stouts, sours and other hops-and-malt razzle-dazzle.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 26 Jan. 2023
• Dogfish Head took the top honor for best canned beer with its Seaquench ale, a session sour.
  — Allison Steele, Philly.com, 2 May 2018
• The latest trend in craft beer isn’t hazy IPA or kettle sours or nitro coffee stouts.
  — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 26 Dec. 2019
• Its lime- and lemon-sour profile with a pinch of sea salt won over judges at this year’s Canadian Brewing Awards.
  — Brierley Horton, Health.com, 27 June 2019
• Guests adore the fresh seafood (seacat, barracuda, mahi mahi, tuna), local fruits, rum sours, and the scenery.
  — Dwight Brown, Essence, 20 Dec. 2023
• Patrons can reliably find a range of pale ales, lagers, stouts, IPAs and sours, Herrera said.
  — Andre Meunier, oregonlive.com, 7 Aug. 2019
• If the housing market sours, banks could cut off their funding—which doomed some nonbanks in the last crisis.
  — Annamaria Andriotis, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2018
• Lovers of stouts, sours and various lighter styles will also have plenty to choose from.
  — oregonlive.com, 19 July 2019
• Very drinkable for those of us who are willing to try a sour now and again but don’t drink it regularly.
  — cleveland, 3 Apr. 2022
• The kimchi sour, for example, does not taste like kimchi in a liquid form.
  — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Mar. 2021
• The brewery also has ventured into sours and goses as of late.
  — Julia Sayers, AL.com, 25 May 2017
• And Coya, an outpost of a brand with a foothold in some of the world’s most prestigious capitals, offers top-quality Peruvian ceviches and pisco sours.
  — Ann Abel, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023

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sour

3 of 3 verb

• The team's victory was soured by an injury to one of their best players.
• Her disposition has soured in recent years.
• His experiences have soured him.
• Jealousy has soured their relationship.
• The experience soured her on Prince for the rest of her life.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2023
• That caught him off-guard and soured him on staying in Green Bay.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2023
• The emerging choices for the 2024 race further sour the mood.
  — Carolyn Van Houten, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2023
• Some, such as Agiye Hall, might have behind-the-scenes issues that sour their time in Tuscaloosa.
  — Mike Rodak | [e-mail], al, 6 Dec. 2022
• But the worst of those expectations soured like old milk.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2023
• But these small complaints don't sour our impression of the XC40 much.
  — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 7 Dec. 2022
• The spike in yields has soured investors’ mood on Wall Street over the past few months after what had been a strong first half of the year for stocks.
  — Krystal Hur, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023
• But the collapse of the bank meant those bets quickly soured, crushing some investors.
  — Joe Rennison, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023
• Relations between the two countries have soured since the coup.
  — Chris Liakos, CNN, 27 Sep. 2023
• But while doing so, to avoid any action that will sour relations with the U.S.
  — CBS News, 16 Nov. 2022
• Even in the icy temperatures, the stench of death from the bodies in the nearby yard had started to sour the air of the street outside.
  — Loveday Morris, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Mar. 2022
• Jean began to sour on the family’s life in Long Island.
  — Adam Entous, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022
• Having a big European business could sour the mix in the months ahead.
  — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2022
• While that previous cluster of words is enough to sour the mood, the R8 GT will do just the opposite.
  — Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 23 Nov. 2022
• Even in the icy temperatures, the stench of death from the bodies in the nearby yard had started to sour the air on the street outside.
  — Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2022
• His friends from high school have never heard of it, souring the moment.
  — Jennifer Wilson, The New Republic, 26 July 2023
• The 2022 results soured a lot of voters on what Trump could do to tank the party yet another time.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 13 July 2023
• And the plot is steadily ratcheted up to keep this 80-minute play from souring like a vegetable dip left out too long.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
• As the mood within Facebook had begun to sour over the years, some badge posts began to take on a more mutinous tone.
  — Jeff Horwitz, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2023
• The relationship between Nielsen and the networks, long fraught, has been souring for the past few years.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 30 Aug. 2023
• The years since the agreements were signed have revealed another very good reason for Kyiv to sour on them.
  — Mario Loyola, National Review, 17 Feb. 2022
• But the relationship between Nielsen and the networks, long fraught, has been souring for the past few years.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 27 Oct. 2023
• Soaring food and gas prices have led voters to sour on President Joe Biden and Democrats.
  — Mabinty Quarshie, USA TODAY, 20 June 2022
• But according to the suit, things began to sour in January, when Triller missed a large payment to the Verzuz founders.
  — Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2022
• Many have predicted that its abolition will drive up customer checks, sour them on eating out and force many places to close.
  — Priya Krishna, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
• Residents told The Washington Post that the ensuing odor has been foul enough to sour visitors and drive Kosciusko’s community of about 7,000 people indoors.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024