Example Sentences

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By mid-decade, he was a successful club owner and was tasting his first commercial success as a singer with “Room Full of Roses.”

From Washington Post • May 7, 2022

Although I wasn't transported to another world or filled with nostalgia, it did make me slow down for a moment and enjoy what I was tasting.

From Salon • May 1, 2022

When an off-screen voice informed her that what she was tasting was actually Chiffon margarine, the goddess snapped, declaring in a quiet but threatening voice, “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 25, 2020

Biting into one sliver of the fruit, I had the sense I was tasting in color for the first time.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2017

I gave her my name, and she repeated it several times like she was tasting it.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez