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How to use tasting in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Tasting means a small amount of food or drink. Example: “The buttery-tasting cookie was actually made with margarine, but you couldn't tell by tasting it.”

More sentences with tasting

  • The buttery-tasting cookie was actually made with margarine, but you couldn't tell by tasting it.From the entry buttery
  • When tasting, Forsyth also recommends following with a bite of a paczek.2020 February 22, Susan Selasky, “You can buy Detroit distillery’s paczki vodka”, in Lansing State Journal, volume 165, number 294…. From the entry paczek
  • He suspected something was different with his tingkat (tiffin carrier) meal one week, after tasting the dishes.2012 March 18, Eunice Quek, “Taste of home”, in The Sunday Times (LifeStyle), page 21. From the entry tingkat
  • It was the day of Sumala and Bulen's son's annaprasan, the rice tasting ceremony.2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee. From the entry annaprasan
  • The bean curd's flavor was based on what cannibals described humans as tasting like.2010 March 1, Bart King, chapter XXI, in The Big Book of Gross Stuff, Gibbs Smith, →ISBN, page 258. From the entry hufu
  • Is there such a thing as a good tasting vegetarian hot dog?2008, Wil Forbis, Acid Logic: A Decade of Humorous Writing on Pop Culture, Trash Cinema, and Rebel Music, page 208. From the entry vegetarian
  • Ground sirloin is lower in fat and steakier tasting than chuck, which is why we use it.2006, How to Boil Water: Life Beyond Takeout (Food Network Kitchens), Des Moines, Ia.: Meredith Books, →ISBN, page 61. From the entry burgery
  • Their wines are intense and elegant, tasting of blackcurrants and made to be aged.2003, Maria Villegas, Kay Halsey, Sarah Randell, A Little Taste of France, page 120. From the entry blackcurrant
  • Deirdre took the biscuit and bit into it without tasting it.1998, Kate Thompson, chapter 1, in It Means Mischief, Dublin: New Island Books, →ISBN, page 22. From the entry cornfloury
  • Not only that, but yogurt was winning consumers by tasting good.1997, Gregory K. Ericksen, “Gary Hirshberg: Stonyfield Farm: ‘A Business Plan for the Future: Hope’”, in What’s Luck Got to Do with It?…. From the entry yogurt maker
  • He plucked a few blades of grass and sucked them, tasting dirt and fertilizer and lime.1987, Joseph Monninger, Second Season, page 142. From the entry take a knee
  • Lizards usually have white flesh, tasting more like fowl than anything else.1922, Chambers’s Journal, volume XCIX, part 139, London; Edinburgh: W[illiam] & R[obert] Chambers […], →OCLC, page 421, column 1. From the entry salipenter
  • It is a tasting menu, but a generous one.2025 February 14, Morwenna Ferrier, “‘Butter is a perception’: inside the UK’s first plant-based Michelin-starred restaurant”, in The…. From the entry verjus
  • “Hurry it up.” Chef Alfred was tasting the stock.2018, Lillian Li, Number One Chinese Restaurant: A Novel, Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, page 80. From the entry scooch
  • He went fourteen fights without tasting defeat.2014 November 7, Dan Hardy, “Michael Bisping analysis”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 28 Aug 2015. From the entry on a tear
  • They all laughed and Eli savored the creamy, carameled pudding, tasting, as well, the richness of Laura’s presence in his home.2013, Davalynn Spencer, chapter 10, in The Rancher’s Second Chance, New York, N.Y.: Heartsong Presents, Love Inspired Books, →ISBN, pages…. From the entry carameled
  • Only the nights—of sitting out in the moonlight drinking the horrible tasting swipe and talking, the thinking about women —remained unchanged.2012, James Jones, The World War II Trilogy, →ISBN. From the entry swipe
  • At Elizabeth Spencer Wines in Rutherford the tasting room is tiny and feels claustrophobic with ten people in it.2011, George Gmelch, Sharon Gmelch, Tasting the Good Life, Wine Tourism in the Napa Valley, page 31. From the entry tasting room
  • The state’s wine consultants are trained in a series of wineology courses, workshops by vendors and frequent wine tastings.2010 July 3, Tyrone Richardson, “State’s liquor stores hoping to make wine-buying easier”, in The Morning Call, page 15. From the entry wineology
  • Whether it's sauce, gravy or stock, the cubes need to be bagged before they get to tasting freezery.2009 March 25, High Miles, “Two Zucchini Meatloaf”, in alt.society.zeitgeist (Usenet), archived from the original on 13 Apr 2026. From the entry freezery
  • He ate his while it was hot, holding his fork for the coleslaw and, every now and then, tasting it.2008, Tige Lewis Quintina, Gelatin Silver Print, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 118. From the entry french-fried potatoes
  • Many tasting rooms have adjacent vineyards, so you'll want to check if it's permissible to explore the outdoors.2007, Mira Advani Honeycutt, California's Central Coast: The Ultimate Winery Guide, From Santa Barbara to Paso Robles, page 6. From the entry tasting room
  • Usually she used salmon, but she also used codfish or any other good tasting fish in her perogs.1992, Fred Roscoe, Stanley Nelson Roscoe, From Humboldt to Kodiak, 1886-1895, page 161. From the entry perog
  • And what a nastyass stale butt it was too, already smoked once and picked out of the ashtray, tasting burnt smoke.1991, J. R. Creech, Music and Crime, Random House, →ISBN, page 134. From the entry nastyass
  • This is the tasting ritual, the lay Eucharist of cheese.1972, Félix Martí-Ibáñez, The mirror of souls, and other essays, page 339. From the entry sliver
  • They had continued to laugh at the milk bar, tasting in the chocolate frosteds the unlikely flavor of Mr.1957, Dorothy Erskine, Patrick Dennis, The Pink Hotel, page 49. From the entry frosted
  • It was a vote, Woodfoot thought, tasting the pleasant bitterness of the kinnekinnic, a vote on what happened to the Indian.1954, Milton Lott, The Last Hunt, page 108. From the entry kinnekinnic
  • See if they have any available tours or tastings that day, or make a day of hopping between them (just have Uber be your DD).2024 August 6, Gena Kaufman, “33 Rainy-Day Date Ideas That Aren’t Another Movie”, in Glamour. From the entry dd
  • Tasting like freshly squeezed lemons our perfectly balanced Lemontini has been made with lemon syrup, vodka, dry vermouth, lime juice and egg white.2022, Mathieu Teisseire - Lemontini. From the entry lemontini
  • There are heirloom apple tastings, thousands of home-baked apple pies are sold to leaf-peepers, and fresh cider is pressed along the side of the road.2015, Nancy Cain, “Quick Breads, Breakfast Foods, and Muffins”, in Against the Grain: Extraordinary Gluten-free Recipes Made from Real…. From the entry leaf peeper
  • A forkful of molten lava cake halfway to her lips, she stopped and lowered it without tasting to stare at the man next to her.2014, Tawny Weber, chapter 10, in A SEAL’s Kiss (Harlequin Blaze; 791), Don Mills, Ont.: Harlequin Enterprises, →ISBN, page 160. From the entry molten lava cake
  • The fromagier will guide you through the day’s choices and provide you with an aperitif tasting to pair with your rare-find cheese.2008, “Manhattan”, in Inside New York 2009, Inside New York, →ISBN, page 208. From the entry fromagier
  • These Lawyer's wig fungi are for me the best tasting mushrooms, even better than cepes and they are wonderful just gently fried in butter.1999, Fungigirl, free.uk.nature.mushrooms. From the entry lawyer's wig
  • You probably won't know the difference between a chardonnay and a grigio on first tasting, even if you know they aren't quite the same.1998, Mike Hoye, “Racquet advice for newbie”, in rec.sport.tennis (Usenet). From the entry grigio
  • The mildest tasting curry of all, with a hint of citrusy orange combined with all those lovely aromatic spices, this curry is a real treat for baby.2017 March 2, Zainab Jagot Ahmed, The Flavour-led Weaning Cookbook: Easy recipes & meal plans to wean happy, healthy, adventurous eaters…. From the entry korma
  • Also, the tasting sheet has your email and phone number in the upper left hand corner, making it larger and perhaps more saveworthy than a dinky business card.2016, Hillary Zio, The Unfiltered Guide to Working in Wine. From the entry saveworthy
  • This smooth, cool, refreshing liquor, tasting of licorice with a soupçon of peppermint, remains the staple drink at Sunday lunch, an eat-till-you-drop extravaganza of small meze dishes.2005 January 25, “The return of arak”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry arak
  • No common wine fault is likely to cause serious health problems but you won't want to take the tasting much further if the wine smells faulty.2003, Godfrey Spence, Wine tasting, page 5. From the entry fault
  • The fundamental impression to be gained from tasting comminuted products is that they taste “peely” and have an aroma that is associated more with the peel than the juice.1963, Food Technology, volume 17, page 993, column 2. From the entry peely
  • Caution should be used in tasting uncooked dasheens, for there is always the possibility that an acrid taro of similar appearance has become mixed with the nonacrid variety.1953, M. W. Stone, F. B. Foley, D. H. Bixby, Effect of Soil Applications of Insecticides on the Growth and Yield of Vegetable Crops, page 3. From the entry nonacrid

Meaning of tasting

  1. noun A small amount of food or drink.
  2. noun The taking of a small amount of food or drink into the mouth in order to taste it.

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Questions about tasting in a sentence

How do you use tasting in a sentence?
Tasting is used as a noun. For example: “The buttery-tasting cookie was actually made with margarine, but you couldn't tell by tasting it.”
What is a short sentence with tasting?
“He went fourteen fights without tasting defeat.”
What does tasting mean?
Tasting means a small amount of food or drink.

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