astringent

Example Sentences

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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

Combined, these ingredients layer the six tastes of the Ayurvedic tradition: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent and astringent.

From Washington Post

It's sweeter and less astringent than grapefruit, and it's also less juicy.

From Salon

The conductor Bertrand de Billy refined the score’s occasionally astringent harmonies and piquant climaxes.

From New York Times

He satirized a culture prone to excessive fanaticism with a necessary astringent humor.

From Washington Post