Sentences with astringent
as·trin·gent
A a - ...an astringent lotion.
- Sunset Boulevard was originally conceived by Wilder as an astringent satire on Hollywood.
- The starkness of this situation gives Love Lies Bleeding an eerie, astringent feeling.
- All wrapped up, these tacos are simple but good with a smear of slightly astringent salsa verde.
- The fruit has a tart and astringent flavour.
- An astringent style of writing
- Rather than the rather astringent tartare sauce.
- Connoisseurs of his astringent Edinburgh wit will also appreciate that the RTO is neither a classy chamber orchestra nor a Manhattan jazz.
- The action of an astringent is characterized by contraction of bodily tissue.An astringent is used to treat bleeding and stop the flow of blood.An astringent is a drug or lotion that causes contraction of body tissues, checks blood flow, or restricts the secretion of fluids.
- His astringent criticism.
- At this stage it tastes astringent and is not really edible.
- Rich and creamy but retaining the astringent tang of lemongrass, it's a pleasing pile of thick noodles, prawns, squid and fishcake.
- astringent wit.