astringent
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Astringent, ironic, mockingly antiheroic, the play is a black comedy with the purgative power of tragedy, but Anne Bancroft lacks the granitic authority that the central role demands.
From Time Magazine Archive
Astringent, ironic, mockingly antiheroic, the play is a black comedy with the purgative power of tragedy, although Anne Bancroft lacks something of the granitic authority that the central role demands.
From Time Magazine Archive
Astringent leadership is Churchill calling on Britons to "brace ourselves to our duties."
From Time Magazine Archive
Astringent washes may be applied to the mouth as a gargle or by means of a sponge.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
Then the Wound may be dress'd with Pledgets, Bolsters strew'd with Astringent Powders and a Plaister; a Bolster being also laid in the Fold of the Elbow.
From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel
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