astringent
Example Sentences
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A party featuring Spin the Bottle and Seven Minutes in Heaven is so true to life, you can almost smell the pungent aroma of adolescent cringe sweat, Sea Breeze astringent and Brut cologne.
From Washington Post
By turns tender and astringent, Dame Edna called audience members “possums” often.
From New York Times
The Sparkling Americano is a little less astringent version of the espresso tonic.
From Salon
Walker employs astringent, rigorous modernism in an orchestral palette that brings to mind the grand sweep of Bruckner.
From New York Times
She challenged readers to experiment at home, in a 1981 column, for example, describing a summer dish of iced Japanese bean curd “livened” with astringent ginger and dried seaweed.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
