All 4 Uses of
savor
in
True Believer, by Sparks
- Lexie took a mouthful of beer, savoring the taste, savoring everything about the evening: the way she looked and felt and the way he'd stared at her.†
Chpt 15 *savoring = taking great pleasure from
- Lexie took a mouthful of beer, savoring the taste, savoring everything about the evening: the way she looked and felt and the way he'd stared at her.†
Chpt 15
- They kissed in the kitchen for a long time, both of them savoring the other without hurry or urgency, until Lexie finally pulled back.†
Chpt 15
- They stayed in bed for hours, making love and laughing quietly, savoring each other's touch.†
Chpt 15
Definitions:
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(1)
(savor) to take great pleasure from; or the pleasure or flavor enjoyed
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, savory can refer to an aroma or flavor that is not sweet, or to a specific spice of the mint family or related plants.
Even more rarely, savor can mean to have traces of -- as when Alexander Hamilton wrote "Its situation must always savor of weakness."