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savory

[sey-vuh-ree] / ˈseɪ və ri /


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Available starting at 8 p.m., the menu begins with a pillowy confection that straddles the line between sweet and savory: a Japanese milk-bread sandwich layered with duck liver, raspberry, blackberry and whipped cream.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

It’s not just that they’re drawn to intense savory, sour seasoning.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Gerry Sass was the owner of an Iowa radio station but also maintained a less savory second identity.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

The rest accumulated slowly and, for the most part, logically: lemon zest for brightness, bacon for savory crunch, avocado for cool richness.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2026

The savory smell of stew filled Tyrion's nostrils.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

She’s interested in adding regular savories such as pasties and sausage rolls, and maybe bringing new treats such as trifles or Eton Messes to her roster.

From Seattle Times Feb. 13, 2024

It's so versatile and good for both savories and sweets: baklava, spinach pie, or even as a creative swap for pie dough!

From Salon Dec. 22, 2021

“I’m also doing savories like little quiches and sandwiches.”

From New York Times Apr. 6, 2015

The two collaborated on the savories, which for the most part are embellished comfort food; breads and desserts are the handiwork of Yard.

From Washington Post Dec. 15, 2014

All around the cafeteria, children were stuffing themselves with their usual favorites—greasy foods, savories, and sweet treats—and guzzling chocolate milk and soft drinks.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

Her savoriest late role was as Barbra Streisand’s haughty mother in the 1996 The Mirror Has Two Faces.

From Time Aug. 15, 2014

In 400 pages he has arranged the savoriest moments of the last 100 years in a bill-of-fare to suit the taste of journalistic historians, history-minded journalists and plain readers.

From Time Magazine Archive

All this time sit I, like Tantalus, with the savoriest of Domingo’s “beefysteaks” before me and am not allowed to taste it. 

From Behind the Bungalow by Edward Hamilton Aitken




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