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Meanings of savouring in English

Portuguese
degustação
Catalan
degustació

Taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality.

        degustação
        Usage of savouring in English
        1
        Two of the home side's number departed savouring their first Chelsea goals.
        The Guardian
        2
        He ate it slowly, savouring each mouthful; had never tasted a better.
        Five Tales
        3
        It was a scurrilous anti-Catholic leaflet, grossly personal and savouring of atheism.
        South Wind
        4
        George grinned, savouring their dismay for a moment before he stalked off.
        The Pilo Family Circus
        5
        Sleigh-driving, savouring of the Northern Courts, had no favour among the Parisians.
        Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, Volum...
        6
        Therodimus stood motionless for a moment, savouring their amazement to the full.
        The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
        7
        Every song here has a hook worth savouring and lyrics that crackle.
        The Irish Times
        8
        Let us beware, therefore, at this moment, of anything savouring of self-righteousness.
        The War and Democracy
        9
        I'm unzipping his pants, and savouring the scent of his earthy cologne.
        News.com.au
        10
        And sources say he's savouring his peers' love from his peers right now.
        News.com.au
        11
        But maybe he was simply savouring a moment in time while it lasted.
        The Guardian
        12
        She advanced slowly on me, taking her time, savouring the moment.
        Hell to pay
        13
        He waited for a second, savouring the nirvana-high of absolute mastery.
        The Reality Dysfunction
        14
        She laughed with her eyes; she talked with a savouring vivacity.
        The Best British Short Stories of 1922
        15
        Mulch just visited, savouring the thrill of defeating sophisticated Mud Man security systems.
        Artemis Fowl: the Arctic incident
        16
        He smiled, hearing her voice in each written word, savouring them.
        For my Country’s Freedom
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        Translations for savouring
        Portuguese
        degustação
        Savouring through the time
        Savouring across language varieties
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