How the Islamist jihadists must be savouring the moment!. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
I stood pondering the doll's house in the workshop, savouring my home. From Wordnik.com. [The Rainbow and the Rose]
She paused beside him, savouring the advantage of her dominating height. From Wordnik.com. [Mistress for a Weekend]
Of the sea-savouring greatly were the friends and acquaintances of my youth. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Old Liverpool] Reference
Bendall twisted his lips into a sardonic smile, savouring the unfamiliar taste. From Wordnik.com. [Whispers Of Betrayal]
I am savouring the day that I can turn around and tell her what I think of her. From Wordnik.com. [sierrazen Diary Entry] Reference
Eyes bright, cheeks aglow, she drew in a deep breath, savouring the crisp freshness. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady of Expectations]
Goodfellowe gently swirled the whisky around his tumbler, savouring the hints of peat. From Wordnik.com. [Whispers Of Betrayal]
Against place-hunting, and everything savouring of trafficking with the government, the. From Wordnik.com. [Speeches from the Dock, Part I] Reference
That return is worth savouring as is his first class average of 4.87 (from nine matches). From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
As for him, he was savouring perhaps a little too much this promiscuity which was so unusual. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret at the Crossroads]
With the contemplative air of a connoisseur, Horatio sipped the Madeira, savouring the fine wine. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady of Expectations]
There was a snappy nasal sneering ring in the laughter, most unpleasant and savouring of derision. From Wordnik.com. [Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2] Reference
But Maigret had retired such a short time ago that he was still savouring the delights of anonymity. From Wordnik.com. [Storm in the Channel]
It was the real Else who had at last come to the surface and who was savouring this revelation herself. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret at the Crossroads]
Leave your rational and your pride outside; nothing like savouring something the way it is meant to be. From Wordnik.com. [jaimewolf Diary Entry] Reference
“You're blooded now boy …” Standing back, savouring the moment “Welcome to the sport of Kings!”. From Wordnik.com. [First Blood] Reference
Revolution, the voice of the populace decried all ostentation and everything savouring of the superfluous. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Interior Decoration] Reference
'Mmm,' he said to himself, and realised that he was savouring a lingering, vanishing smell of young woman. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
So I rolled down to Hong Kong, savouring the revenge I would take on La Belle Phoebe — and what d'you think?. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman and the Dragon]
"A Trace of Wings" is full of lovely sounds, and the stop-start rhythms leave room for savouring their effects. From Wordnik.com. [Poem of the week: A Trace of Wings by Edwin Morgan] Reference
All normal people would be outside, savouring the delicate May warmth of the sun, smelling the new-turned earth. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
Repeat that, for one must roll the words over one's tongue slowly, savouring their weight and tactile impossibly. From Wordnik.com. [Hisham Wyne: Pakistan's Floods: Civil Society in Dubai Is Alive and Well] Reference
I asked him if he had ever of his own knowledge come into contact with anything savouring of white flag treachery. From Wordnik.com. [Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front] Reference
He sipped wine, drew it about his mouth thoughtfully, swallowed it and sat savouring the after-taste for a moment. From Wordnik.com. [St. Peter's Fair]
They lunched in the open, resting from their labours and savouring the sweetness of food earned by physical labour. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference
For a moment, she lay still, savouring her memories, then she turned her head to look at the sleeping man beside her. From Wordnik.com. [The Count's Blackmail Bargain]
She did not belong to the old corrupt state of things herself, and she would not submit to anything savouring of deceit. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
I kissed her mouth lightly, savouring the knowledge that the deadline of the Huntersons 'return was three full hours ahead. From Wordnik.com. [Forfeit]
But it was good to sit alone and in peace, savouring the brief interlude between two different but essentially similar worlds. From Wordnik.com. [A Mind to Murder]
Camille clings to it with a crow, his eyelashes fluttering as demurely as a maid, savouring the violation, to all appearances. From Wordnik.com. [kuniklos Diary Entry] Reference
At the present day this method is regarded as barbarous, and savouring too largely of the methods and practice of the old empirics. From Wordnik.com. [Diseases of the Horse's Foot] Reference
When we landed I found her sitting in the other Moth, the one that she had flown that morning, savouring it, thinking about flying. From Wordnik.com. [The Rainbow and the Rose]
When you get your hands on truly ripe peaches, there's nothing better than devouring them as they are, savouring every luscious mouthful. From Wordnik.com. [Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's peach recipes] Reference
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