astringency
- a word derived from astringent.
Example Sentences
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Larsen has the most consequential role and she imparts just the right note of astringency.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2025
Butter also lubricates your mouth, which tends to compliment the dish's natural astringency.
From Salon • Nov. 25, 2024
But the astringency remained, and then “someone had the bright idea of resting it on a spirit,” says Joe Horning, the liquid quality and innovations manager at the London-based Sipsmith Gin.
From Washington Times • Jan. 1, 2024
Yet even as Winocour piles on too many complications, she retains an appreciable astringency — call it a sense of emotional realism about what it means to actually survive — that keeps bathos at bay.
From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2023
The young shoots were in former days employed as a substitute for hops in brewing, while their astringency rendered them valuable as a tanning material in Ireland and the Western Isles.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
