Examples of piquancy in a Sentence
a talk show host known for the quickness and piquancy of his wit
I appreciated the piquancy of the peppers in the sauce.
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Those split levels of child and adult consciousness give the film a certain piquancy, a little gap where drama can spark in a story where almost nothing really happens except a kid takes a plane ride, or several plane rides, with his mom.
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Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
That Mann himself had written stories on gay themes added to the piquancy of the encounter.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
And a jicama salad is my personal favorite, balancing heat in piquancy and chill in temperature.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 1 Apr. 2025
The most notable part of this gag was not the joke itself, a standard late-night quip delivered with appropriate piquancy.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2025
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Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
That Mann himself had written stories on gay themes added to the piquancy of the encounter.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
And a jicama salad is my personal favorite, balancing heat in piquancy and chill in temperature.
—Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 1 Apr. 2025
The most notable part of this gag was not the joke itself, a standard late-night quip delivered with appropriate piquancy.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for piquancy
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“Piquancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/piquancy. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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piquancy
noun
pi·quan·cy
ˈpē-kən-sē 
: the quality or state of being piquant
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