taste
verb (used with object)
to try or test the flavor or quality of (something) by taking some into the mouth.
am tasting
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present progressiveof taste (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I often overcomplicate what I am tasting, while he is somehow able to distill a flavor to its core elements.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 12, 2022
“I am tasting 25 different drinks right now,” Mr. Andrés said last week in a telephone interview.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2011
“He called out to his fellow monks, ‘Come quickly: I am tasting the stars.’
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
I am tasting the self-same life,—its sweetness, its greatness, its pain, which I so admire in other men.
From Memories and Studies by Henry James
I am tasting a new feeling, my good Papa, to which my heart surrenders itself with pleasure, it is so sweet to love.
From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce
