savoured

Others objected rather to his manner than to his matter; the title savoured of levity, and an art-critic writing on theology was supposed to be wandering out of his province.

The Life of John Ruskin Collingwood, W G 1911

Others objected rather to his manner than to his matter; the title savoured of levity, and an art-critic writing on theology was supposed to be wandering out of his province.

The Life of John Ruskin 1893

Presently: "Fool!" he whispered, but the word savoured more of pitying tenderness than of scorn.

The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century 1891

Perhaps on second thoughts, Sir Thomas felt that the phrase savoured of that presumption which is supposed to provoke the wrath of Nemesis; and at any rate, he, of all men, is the last to be taken too literally at his word.

Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) Leslie Stephen 1868

The cafés and public walks were swarming with company, and the whole place appeared to take its tone of gaiety from the gaudy young officers, whose troops were quartered in the extensive barracks; the peasants were dancing their grand round on the quay, or fighting between jest and earnest with open hands; the native dandies managed their green fans with the same adroitness as their fair companions; the shops displayed every luxury and accommodation; and every thing, in short, savoured of the habits of a continental

Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819 John Hughes

These announcements must have been in their way marvels of attractive composition, the placard bristling from top to toe with its analytic "synopsis of scenery and incidents"; the synoptical view cast its net of fine meshes and the very word savoured of incantation.

A Small Boy and Others Henry James 1879

The panel also ruled the suggestion that Miss Revrenna "savoured" the moment when she allegedly slapped Mr Kalomoiris a further two times or that she said she "did it to all the boys" when she tapped him on his lower back in a reassuring gesture was false.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

Actually, I resent the premature celebration of everything as if life is too dull to be savoured for itself, without carrots of excess forever being dangled before ones slavering faces on the most insincere of pretexts.

It’s That Time Of Year Again « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

April 15th, 2010 at 2: 55 pm sweet and to be savoured. nice one.

COVERED DISH SUPPER • by Jan Melara 2010

Rejoin Proust's tour by visiting the abbeys of Jumièges, Saint-Wandrille and Saint-Georges de Bouscheville, perhaps taking tea at the Château de Balleroy chateau-balleroy.com, where Proust savoured Boucher's tapestries.

Classic France: the insiders' guide 2011