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How to use astringent in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun, adjective

Astringent means a substance which draws tissue together, thus restricting the flow of blood. Example: “Philip, who was made Duke of Edinburgh on the couple’s wedding, introduced a new, less stuffy, though as the years went on occasionally astringent, tone to the royal family.”

Examples of astringent by meaning

adjectiveSharp, caustic, severe.

  • Philip, who was made Duke of Edinburgh on the couple’s wedding, introduced a new, less stuffy, though as the years went on occasionally astringent, tone to the royal family.September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian

More sentences with astringent

  • A natural astringent and antiseptic, potassium alum was coveted for its medicinal and cosmetic properties.2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 201. From the entry alum
  • She spoke with a sort of doomlike abandon for which her high, astringent voice was not fitted.1952, Herbert Ernest Bates, Love for Lydia. From the entry doomlike
  • I recommend the blowoff method of fermentation---non-blowoff versions of this beer have tasted harsh, astringent and too bitter.2022, Karllo Mello, Brewer: Prepare Like an Expert. From the entry blowoff
  • The second way is the appearance of lahpet (pickled tea) – a bittersweet, astringent and savoury food that's unique to Burma.2019, MiMi Aye, Mandalay: Recipes and Tales from a Burmese Kitchen, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry lahpet
  • Some fruits are quite hard and astringent when ripe, but when bletted are quite edible – sweet, applesaucy or figgy perhaps.2019 April 25, James Harbeck, “WTN: blet, medlar”, in Word Tasting Notes (Google Groups), archived from the original on 07 Nov 2023. From the entry applesaucy
  • I've had the opportunity to work on mouthwashes and astringents, catheter antimicrobial treatments, and antimicrobial treatments of other implantables and insertables.2009, Daryl S. Paulson, Applied Biomedical Microbiology: A Biofilms Approach. From the entry implantable
  • Blowing like a blast of fresh astringent air into the hot-house atmosphere of these vapid languors, came news from America of a Rational Dress Campaign.1961, Alison Adburgham, A Punch History of Manners and Modes, 1841–1940, London: Hutchinson & Co., page 39. From the entry controversial
  • It was good writing; astringent, economical.1960, Edna Ferber, A Peculiar Treasure: Autobiography, page 163. From the entry schoolgirly
  • Liver and bacon was my sister's favourite; the astringent taste of offaly cow's liver, layered with strands of streaky bacon and dashed with a hint of English mustard.2015, C. Webster, Southend Made Me, page 64. From the entry offaly

Meaning of astringent

  1. noun A substance which draws tissue together, thus restricting the flow of blood.
  2. adjective Extremely sour, bitter.
  3. adjective Sharp, caustic, severe.

Full definition of astringent

Questions about astringent in a sentence

How do you use astringent in a sentence?
Astringent is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “Philip, who was made Duke of Edinburgh on the couple’s wedding, introduced a new, less stuffy, though as the years went on occasionally astringent, tone to the royal family.”
What is a short sentence with astringent?
“It was good writing; astringent, economical.”
What does astringent mean?
Astringent means a substance which draws tissue together, thus restricting the flow of blood.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: astringent (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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