astringency
Example Sentences
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Larsen has the most consequential role and she imparts just the right note of astringency.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2025
But the astringency remained, and then “someone had the bright idea of resting it on a spirit,” says Joe Horning, the liquid quality and innovations manager at the London-based Sipsmith Gin.
From Washington Times • Jan. 1, 2024
Revisiting Highsmith’s novel reveals the true astringency of the premise, that a seemingly cavalier proposition has the power to cause serious and permanent ruin.
From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2023
“Romaine can have a little astringency, but with Little Gem, you don’t get that,” he says.
From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2022
In all the physical experiments that have been made upon India teas, there is, perhaps, none that shews its acid astringency more than one tried by the above writer, Dr. Priestley.
From A Treatise on Foreign Teas Abstracted From An Ingenious Work, Lately Published, Entitled An Essay On the Nerves by Smith, Hugh
