astringent
Example Sentences
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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
Chat Pile, “Grimace_Smoking_Weed.jpeg” This one belongs here for the title alone, but it accompanies one of the most savage, astringent metal records of the year.
From Los Angeles Times
This is a good Sunday, so I do take off my makeup and use astringent and all that.
From Los Angeles Times
A royal in exile, astringently self-possessed, her syllables arrayed like fine china, she was at once instantly recognizable and readily transformable.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
