SAVOR in a Sentence

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Example sentences for SAVOR, such as:

1. Everything that savors of mystery charms them.
2. I want to savor this great moment of accomplishment.
3. Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way.
4. This march savored of an attack, and certainly of a desire for conquest.
5. Though the certainty of this criterion is far from demonstrable, yet it has the savor of analogical probability.

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 Meanings and Examples of SAVOR
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
savor
 v.  appreciate fully; enjoy or relish; have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality
Classic Sentence:
1  Though the certainty of this criterion is far from demonstrable, yet it has the savor of analogical probability.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 75. The Right Whale's Head—Contrasted View.
2  It was a collection of furnaces, fat-kettles, and oil sheds; and when the works were in full operation certainly gave forth no very pleasant savor.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 92. Ambergris.
3  The smell and taste of it all had a smack of Anisya Fedorovna herself: a savor of juiciness, cleanliness, whiteness, and pleasant smiles.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII
4  For the first time in eight years, the wretched man had just tasted the bitter savor of an evil thought and of an evil action.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—A TEMPEST IN A SKULL
5  This march savored of an attack, and certainly of a desire for conquest.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER IV—BEGINNING OF A GREAT MALADY
6  Everything that savors of mystery charms them.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 23 THE RENDEZVOUS
Example Sentence:
1  I want to savor this great moment of accomplishment.
2  Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way.