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Six example sentences with savor, each labelled with its topic.
A spoon of anchovy paste gives the sauce a savor that none of the guests could name but everyone wanted.
Cooking
Street vendors sell a fermented bean relish whose savor lingers long after the last bite of flatbread.
Travel
Researchers traced the deep savor of aged cheese to compounds that the tongue registers as neither salt nor sugar.
Science
Romans prized garum, a fermented fish sauce whose savor turned plain barley porridge into something a senator would eat.
History
The novel lingers on the savor of a spoonful of miso, letting the reader taste salt and something deeper beneath it.
Literature
The company built its whole brand around the savor of one fermented paste, sold in small tins at a stubborn price.
Business
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