taste
verb (used with object)
to try or test the flavor or quality of (something) by taking some into the mouth.
had been tasting
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past perfect progressiveof taste.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Off the track Honda had been tasting success, too.
From Reuters ● Sep. 7, 2017
Even after a wine-and-food pairing event when I had been tasting crab all day long, the piece de resistance at the judges' banquet was... crabmeat on a bed of eggwhite custard.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2012
While he had been tasting the ways of the West, his country had roiled through the reversals of perestroika.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Aunt Marthe," said Evadne, after a long silence, in which they had been tasting the sweetness of it, "I do not need to ask if you know Jesus Christ?"
From A Beautiful Possibility by Edith Ferguson Black
He beamed with pleasure and wagged his head, as though he had been tasting something very sweet.
From The Bishop and Other Stories by Constance Garnett
