relish
noun
liking or enjoyment of the taste of something.
have relished
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present perfectof relish.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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I imagine AD would have relished having the 27-year-old Zubac playing center alongside him, and that the Lakers would have been a perennial 50-plus win team had they not made this ill-advised trade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2024
Expect Leicester to become a nasty team again, a tag they have relished in the past.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024
“I don’t think anybody wants to go out in front of 40,000 people and lay an egg,” he said - an image late New York Daily News cartoonist Bill Gallo would have relished.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 24, 2023
The natives of Watertown, Minnesota, about 35 miles west of Minneapolis, have relished their summer training together and opportunities to swap scouting reports on other Big Ten foes.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2022
Mendel or Bateson might have relished its many resonances: indivisible; impenetrable; inseparable; identity.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
