How to Use astringency in a Sentence

astringency

noun

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Some varieties have a pleasing astringency in the skin, but that’s about it.
  — David Karp, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2019
• 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
• And for a dose of astringency, dried lime and hibiscus do wonders.
  — Kristy Mucci, Saveur, 15 Mar. 2017
• 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
• Oil, fishy fragrance and stemmy astringency washed over my palate in turns.
  — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 23 Dec. 2019
• 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
• In my recipe: onions loses their astringency, and become sweet.
  — Katie Chang, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
• Fortunately the beer dried out ever so slightly in the finish: a touch of oaky-fruity astringency that lent completion to the sip.
  — Josh Noel, chicagotribune.com, 19 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
• Light, elegant, flowery, good freshness, pears, apples, a bit perfumed, a touch of astringency in the end.
  — Per and Britt Karlsson, Forbes, 25 June 2021
• Slight astringency, as well as salinity and wet stone in aromas.
  — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 31 July 2022
• 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
• 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
• White and green asparagus, cooked sous-vide in milk, were garnished with a poached egg, ramson oil, bonito flakes and ramps, the last adding some pleasant astringency to a soothing umami-rich dish.
  — Alexander Lobrano, New York Times, 29 May 2018
• 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
• Known for its intense astringency, bitter melon can be quite difficult to mellow out, but here’s a method how: Halve the melon, seed it, and cut lengthwise into pieces.
  — Clarissa Wei, Bon Appétit, 19 Oct. 2020
• 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
• 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
• There's a strong rye presence without the typical rye astringency.
  — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2021
• 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
• 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
• Richer, more succulent dishes benefit from pairing with tannic wines, as the tannins cut through that richness and their astringency leaves our palates refreshed and ready for the next bite.
  — Washington Post, 16 July 2021
• The chill in the air helps tame their bitterness, so the astringency of arugula turns into a bewitching pepperiness, and the harshness of kale is offset by a verdant vegetal tang.
  — Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2021
• 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
• That’s thanks in no small part to technology—the ability, for instance, to remove all the stems from the fruit during processing, something that wasn’t possible 20 or 30 years ago and led to early astringency.
  — Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2021

Last Updated: 14 Aug 2024