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  • adjective comparative form of sour: more sour

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Examples

  • He made no reply, but turned and stared into the gray south-west with an expression sourer than any I had ever seen on his face.

    CHAPTER XXXIII 2010

  • He made no reply, but turned and stared into the gray south-west with an expression sourer than any I had ever seen on his face.

    Chapter 33 1914

  • He made no reply, but turned and stared into the gray south-west with an expression sourer than any I had ever seen on his face.

    The Mutiny of the Elsinore Jack London 1896

  • The economy turned even sourer in the two years after Roosevelt's 1936 land slide win, and unemployment crept up higher from its still double digit numbers.

    Earl Ofari Hutchinson: President Obama Tear a Page from FDR and Turn a Tin Ear to the GOP Hawks Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2010

  • The economy turned even sourer in the two years after Roosevelt's 1936 land slide win, and unemployment crept up higher from its still double digit numbers.

    Earl Ofari Hutchinson: President Obama Tear a Page from FDR and Turn a Tin Ear to the GOP Hawks Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2010

  • Women aren't disposed to sweeter tastes, or men to sourer, Bell says – the fact that we think they are is an element of our cultural story.

    The truth about men, women and food Eva Wiseman 2010

  • The other staples in our rotation were oladi closer to buttermilk hotcakes, yet slightly sourer, wetter and smaller and blinchiki —thin pancakes akin to French crêpes, though less buttery.

    Beyond Blini Edward Schneider 2011

  • The economy turned even sourer in the two years after Roosevelt's 1936 land slide win, and unemployment crept up higher from its still double digit numbers.

    Earl Ofari Hutchinson: President Obama Tear a Page from FDR and Turn a Tin Ear to the GOP Hawks Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2010

  • “My head hurts,” Lady Estra said, and her expression, even sourer than usual, seemed to support her claim.

    Talk to the right ear ewillett 2009

  • The more pragmatic Nigella Lawson hedges her bets by using both preserving sugar which contains less pectin than jam sugar, and thus is more generally deployed for sourer fruits such as blackcurrants and lemon juice, on the basis that "the lemon provides enough pectin to make the jam set and the larger crystals of the preserving sugar make for a clearer, more jewel-like, jam."

    How to make perfect strawberry jam 2011

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