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were tasting
  • past progressive of taste.

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“We were tasting it against our grandparents’ and saying, ‘No, that’s not it; it’s just not like our Friday night chicken soup,’” said Shani Seidman, the chief marketing officer for Kayco, which owns Manischewitz.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2024

We were tasting menus for the wedding last weekend.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2020

But Goolden disagrees - believing that quite simply, "you wouldn't know if you were tasting wine worth £4,500".

From BBC • May 16, 2019

And what it serves is the kind of unpretentious cooking you may remember from your first trip to France, when you may have thought you were tasting a real green salad for the first time.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2018

She twisted her mouth wryly, as if she were tasting something she disliked.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman