taste
verb (used with object)
to try or test the flavor or quality of (something) by taking some into the mouth.
are tasting
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present progressiveof taste.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 like to get people thinking about what they are tasting first.
From Salon ● Jan. 20, 2023
The foods of the Middle East feed my spirit, as if the ancestors I never met are tasting them right alongside me, but so do the foods of the American South.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 9, 2022
Skittles, the colorful, fruit-flavored candy, are coming under fire after a lawsuit filed in Northern California says people are tasting more than the rainbow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2022
Soon to open are tasting rooms from the wineries Barnard Griffin, L’Ecole N° 41, Montinore Estate and Landlines Estates.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2022
They are tasting the pleasures of being reconciled, now their love-tiff has blown over.
From Amphitryon by A. R. (Alfred Rayney) Waller
