Example Sentences

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In all those years, only one woman has tasted victory.

From Barron's • Nov. 3, 2025

On the occasions Messi and Ronaldo haven't won the Ballon d'Or, though, the winner tends to be someone from a team that has tasted success in the Champions League, Euros or World Cup.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

As her book explains, after overindulging at the house of a neighbor who had a newborn colt, she then tweeted about it with existential despair: “He has tasted life’s infinite tragedy.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025

Now that the company has tasted stock market riches, is it on the fast track to enshittification, that perfect neologism for the way profit maximization inevitably ruins everything good online?

From Slate • Dec. 27, 2024

For another girl, it may be that she has a handicapped brother, has stolen food, possesses a pair of red pants, is nearsighted and used to wear glasses, or has tasted chocolate.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung