astringent

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Astringent leadership is Churchill calling on Britons to "brace ourselves to our duties."

From Time Magazine Archive

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 baths, containing solutions of alum, of copper sulphate, of iron sulphate, or of common salt, or composed of a mixture of two or more of the salts mentioned, may also be used with advantage.

From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton

Astringent enemata to check bleeding and diarrhea, like hot water, ice water, solution of alum or nitrate of silver.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson