“The bard must needs be very much mortified, after that, to receive such a tart reply to a letter dictated by the most servile flattery.”

“The pork was beautifully cooked, but the soft Bramley apple slices were very tart and not to my taste.”

“We really don't like to see very young girls sporting this look as it makes them look tarty.”

“Rebecca is best known for playing Karen in Paul Abbott's Shameless, the mouthy and tarty daughter of Frank's girlfriend, Sheila.”

“The boy's life changes forever when this tarty good-time girl replaces his mother in the family home.”

“I took a bite of the tartish apple and winced at its sour and bitter taste.”

“And within minutes of clocking Liz with the over-friendly landlord, Steve's convinced his tartish old ma is up to her old tricks, so she is.”

“She kept asking Chris if she looked tartish and pleaded with him to let her change into something a bit more sensible.”

“Some research I've read indicates that the skyr the Vikings ate was probably much tarter than that eaten today.”

“Their flavors were shaped by their respective climates — the shorter the growing season the tarter the apples tended to be.”

“Surgery is done when the tarter is too deep or in the case of anatomical defects.”

“For that, it takes an understanding of cooking with one of the kitchen's tartest ingredients.”

“In fact, the tartest sections of this book reflect Mr. Cheney's frustration when things did not go his way.”

“Once graced by Ernest Hemingway and William Carlos Williams, it is now tragically blighted by wide-screen TVs, but still serves the best and tartest margaritas on the planet, little cupric charges of lucidity.”