How to Use astringency in a Sentence

astringency

noun
  • The cheese is mild, void of that harsh astringency sometimes present in other blues.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Oil, fishy fragrance and stemmy astringency washed over my palate in turns.
    — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 23 Dec. 2019
  • Tannins are the compounds in wine that offer a bit of astringency on the gums and tongue.
    — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 5 July 2024
  • There are cherry and chocolate notes, and whiffs of soft smoke curl through the back end of the palate with just a touch of astringency.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Some varieties have a pleasing astringency in the skin, but that’s about it.
    — David Karp, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2019
  • Slight astringency, as well as salinity and wet stone in aromas.
    — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 31 July 2022
  • And the palate is sweet and light, with notes of cantaloupe, lemon, vanilla and toffee followed by just a hint of astringency.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Most of the time, the juice is quickly whisked away from the skins and seeds, which contain pigments and tannins that can add color and astringency.
    — Eric Asimov, New York Times, 31 May 2018
  • Often these hazy sparklings are made with some grape skin contact, even if the base wine is white, lending astringency and bitter flavors to the wine.
    — Coral Sisk, SFChronicle.com, 27 Nov. 2019
  • Official tasting notes describe some astringency on the palate, with complex, dry fruit notes and just a touch of sweetness.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The first is that the astringency of tannic wine erases most of the fat from our tongue and gums, leaving a more pleasant sensation in the mouth.
    — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 29 Nov. 2022
  • There's a strong rye presence without the typical rye astringency.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2021
  • The immediate reaction to this chili salt (which also contains lime oil) was a painful astringency on the palate.
    — Paul Stephen, San Antonio Express-News, 16 June 2021
  • With woody astringency and perky fruit flavors, the signature 80 percent chocolate pairs with bold red wines and dark beers.
    — Rebecca L. Rhoades, Saveur, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Tonally, the war years clash with the luxe campiness of his postwar London love affairs, which in turn clash with the astringency of his later life.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2022
  • The flavor was much more pronounced (bright red fruit) after decanting the wine and very little astringency was detected.
    — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 11 May 2023
  • Gold Digger is bursting with hops and notes of citrus, finishing with just the right amount of bitterness/astringency.
    — Blair Anthony Robertson, sacbee.com, 2 June 2017
  • With astringency—a pen dipped in venom—her novels catalog the endless slights of social life, the petty warfare over status.
    — Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 13 May 2021
  • That’s because tea leaves contain tannins, complex chemical substances that give tea its astringency and dark color.
    — Asia London Palomba, The Spruce, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Some lean more amber or golden or yam-colored in their final appearance; some lightly sting the taste buds with astringency while others melt with fudgy sweetness.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2023
  • But the real problem is on the palate; Wheatwine is OK for a moment, then jolts to an odd bitterness and astringency.
    — Josh Noel, chicagotribune.com, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Any astringency is balanced out with arnica, vitamin B and silk proteins.
    — Ahmed Zambarakji, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Temperatures closer to boiling, on the other hand, will brew bolder, with a richer texture and more astringency.
    — Max Falkowitz, Bon Appétit, 5 May 2022
  • There has been an element of austerity, even astringency, in one major strain of the novel since the nineteenth century.
    — Aaron Matz, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
  • At once rustic and refined, the dessert starts with rhubarb stalks chopped into large pieces and slowly macerated with sugar to soften the texture and tame its astringency.
    — Noelle Carter, latimes.com, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Though loosely in the vein of early Woody Allen, or mid Noah Baumbach, the writing here has none of their astringency.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Then the head of R&D at Empirical read that marigolds had the same kind of tannins—the mouth-stripping astringency in red wine—as stone fruits.
    — Adam Rogers, Wired, 2 Aug. 2021
  • The french fries had a disconcerting astringency, like they’d been dusted in the same stuff that’s put on Hint of Lime Tostitos.
    — Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2025
  • But right now at Fat & Flour frozen rhubarb basks in a solo moment, flavored with tangerine juice and vanilla bean paste to give its astringency brightness and warmth.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2024
  • After sipping, the initial sweetness dissolves into some earthiness and astringency, with notes of orange, apple and caramel coating the back of your tongue.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2021

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