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  • noun Plural form of savor.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of savor.

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Examples

  • Hale Irwin savors a par putt at the 16th hole during the opening round.

    USATODAY.com - Irwin in U.S. Open lead, Tiger off to sluggish start 2001

  • The projection of self into the next of kin savors strongly of selfishness masquerading as love.

    The Social Disability of the Jew 1969

  • The projection of self into the next of kin savors strongly of selfishness masquerading as love.

    The Social Disability of the Jew 1908

  • English name savors of contempt, but whose courage is such that it is already in the autumn jauntily thrusting forth its buds for the coming year.

    Why Worry? George Lincoln Walton 1897

  • The portrait which he draws of Seneca is the production of a practised pen: "Seneca, whose pure and polished phrase savors, in some sort, of his age; his diction florid and elegant; his style, without labor or restraint, moves on, free and unembarrassed."

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 John [Editor] Rudd 1885

  • "That word savors of the coward," replied Robin, "and pleases me not.

    Robin Hood 1917

  • Debra Messing savors her new Will & Grace-like collaboration as a married lyricist working with a gay songwriter tart Christian Borle, and the grand Anjelica Huston tosses back a mean Manhattan — often in her philandering ex's face — as the cash-strapped producer desperately trying to woo investors.

    Monday TV in Review: Smash's Opening Night, Plus House, Castle, and More 2012

  • As performance, it's hypnotic: Sissy, lost in a melancholy dream, savors every note of every phrase.

    'Shame': Tracking The Travails of Lost Souls Joe Morgenstern 2011

  • Contributor Scott Bukatman savors cinematic special effects, such as the underworld in Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" 1927, that vividly portray "dark realms" that will forever lie beyond our view.

    In Pursuit Of the Sublime 2011

  • Some sudden blunt force trauma and it's back to a dank abattoir, where the killer savors their tears and pleading, taking pleasure in his own perverse ritual.

    Roads Less Taken, Spirits Awakened Steve Dollar 2011

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