taste
verb (used with object)
to try or test the flavor or quality of (something) by taking some into the mouth.
have been tasting
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present perfect progressiveof taste.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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A couple, who presumably have been tasting wine all afternoon — and have likely paid anywhere from $350 to $500 per night — look at each other with exasperated expressions.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2018
Really, my dear, I’m afraid that my garden friends and foes have been tasting them all.
From The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias by A.W. Cooper
"No, Henry, but you had better avoid me, for I have been tasting of the tree of knowledge."
From A Romance of Toronto A Novel by Annie Gregg Savigny
What do you suppose he must have been tasting at this crisis?
From Where the Pavement Ends by John Russell
She stood nursing her stumpy hands under her apron, watching every mouthful he ate so eagerly that she might have been tasting it herself.
From One of Ours by Willa Sibert Cather
