taste buds
Example Sentences
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Kim White, Levon’s mother, said she didn’t try sushi until she was an adult, and is amazed by her kids’ taste buds.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
“We try to have our tastings at 11 in the morning because there’s a science where you need to be needing lunch—your taste buds need to be ready to eat,” Hernandez said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
And there’s something about their salad dressing that is exactly what my taste buds want in a salad dressing.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2025
And a sun-choke sundae with truffle, salted caramel, and caviar sent my taste buds on a dramatic, escalating adventure.
From Salon • May 28, 2025
He learned that a pigeon isn’t very fussy about what it eats, because its tongue has only thirty-seven taste buds.
From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli
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