astringent

Example Sentences

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Once you find the right balance, you can play with incorporating other notes like umami, salty and astringent.

From Seattle Times

The evocative flavor — black currants are the main ingredient in cassis liqueur — is sometimes described as musky, resinous or astringent.

From Seattle Times

So what, if in their natural state, the stalks are astringent enough to make you wince?

From New York Times

Outside the restaurant, electric lights strung from house to house bathed Akre’s main avenue in astringent pinks.

From New York Times

With both instruments struck with drum sticks, the sound evolved from a rustling metallic crunch to a shimmering coppery drone to clattering, astringent industrial noise.

From New York Times