| Justine's chapter moves from the reception speeches to a cluster of painful, astringently funny encounters among the various guests. |
| His use of astringently pretty colors, such as acidic pink and lime green, pushed the paintings toward a kind of industrial picturesque. |
| His novels stood out for being both remarkably well-written and astringently original. |
| I'm astringently listening through imminence, through proto-immolation. |
| And the dolmas, in which astringently green-tasting grape leaves clasp tartly seasoned rice, are so good I could happily eat a dozen of them. |
| There are few pleasures more mentally invigorating than astringently witty and wise satirical fiction. |
