Which preposition to use with acrid
The controversy between the "Theorist" and the "Practical Man" is common to all branches of human affairs, but it is more than usually prevalent, and perhaps more than usually acrid in the economic sphere.
There was much that was acrid about the sweetness of triumph which the next months brought Sylvia.
He also admitted the bewildering effect of "that extraordinary odor" upon himself, "pungent and acrid like the odor of lions."
The flowers or petals of plants are perhaps in general more acrid than their leaves; hence they are much seldomer eaten by insects.
And Mortimer's words were sweet, while the words of the farewell from the other side of the glass-paneled door marked "Private" were acrid with the disappointed hopes of the speaker.