- present participle of taste.
tasting
Example Sentences
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Airplane cabins’ lower humidity levels can diminish passengers’ ability to taste and smell, leaving light wines tasting like water, or highly acidic wines tasting sour and overly tangy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Cooking classes and wine tasting sessions - usually hosted in venues with air conditioning - are becoming a popular alternative to walking tours, Medina says.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
“There’s lots of videos out there about people tasting Malört for the first time, and their reactions. There’s something in that that is very colorful.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Red wine varieties that Moore, the wine tasting host, suggests chilling include Pinot Noir, Zweigelt and Gamay.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
And the people no different from animals: Leah and all those men licking their lips, already tasting roasted meat in the smoke of the fire.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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