And then I was so thirsty that even the white stuff did not taste so bad this time. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because once you kill the animal, it’s a sin to waste anything that can be eaten....Besides, it tastes good.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Koffi was all he could see, smell, taste, and feel. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It turns out that our taste buds are all alike, they can taste everything, and they’re all over the place. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The bread was soggy, so we dripped honey onto the slices and rolled them and they didn’t taste too bad. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I gave you a small taste so that you would remember. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

"Your jest has the bitter taste of an insult!" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was usually the first to taste one each summer. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

My five chanterelles were tremendous, beautiful things I couldn’t wait to taste. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

So he was not surprised when it turned out to be excellent, with a fruity taste like eating a peach with the skin on, though naturally the skin was not so nice as the mouse. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Exactly. A cipher that tastes delicious on any sandwich.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The night's warm air skates over my skin like soft fingers, and it tastes even sweeter up here. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The sun slices through the thick ceiling of trees and the breeze tastes like fruit. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

She is in an earlier phase, or a later one: the soft green tweeds and tailored blouses of her good- taste background, which now appear matronly on her, because she has put on weight. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“That old bland thing again? Why them white folks like the lady-fingers so much? I can make a dozen cakes taste better ’n that.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He hugs me so hard that I can smell him and taste the joy that leaks from inside him. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I know what Joel would have said: When chickens get to live like chickens, they’ll taste like chickens too. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She relented when she was cooking something like curry or a casserole, because she knew I would not even taste foods when she combined them in some disgusting way. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Not long after the adoption, the strangest thing happened: I started tasting new foods. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“The only thing these men are guilty of is their lack of taste. Before you two showed up, I was telling Mr. Whitby about Victor’s murder.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I guess I like how these taste, too.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a frown behind his cigar, as though the stunning lighting effects had been “created” by a stage director whose taste he considered more or less suspect. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

‘And I’m kidding myself. There ain’t no point in making soup unless others eat it. Soup needs another mouth to taste it, another heart to be warmed by it. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

This may not sound like much of a compliment, but to me the chicken smelled and tasted exactly like chicken. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

We’re supposed to chew slowly and take notes about what we taste, without using the word salty. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Thus, farmers selected from among individual plants on the basis not only of perceptible qualities like size and taste, but also of invisible features like seed dispersal mechanisms, germination inhibition, and reproductive biology. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mother says yellow papaya tastes lovely dipped in chili salt. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

By day his mouth tasted of metal and his head ached. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he looked at them again with hungry eyes and wondered how well they’d taste. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

When she served it, he tasted it wryly. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A monkey on the mast above howled derision, almost as if it could taste his frustration. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mary Lou could taste desire in the back of her mouth like a sugary caramel. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

We walked to the altar rail where the idea of God assumed a shape and a scent and a taste. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her solitary breakfast did not taste good, and the room seemed lonely and untidy, for Jo had not filled the vases, Beth had not dusted, and Amy’s books lay scattered about. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the apartment windows open, you can taste the carbon monoxide rising from the street below. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was ready to taste the dining-hall food, memorize the campus map, and conquer whatever syllabi they wanted to throw my way. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He never knew something could taste so good. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Garrett socked me so hard I could taste blood in my mouth. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He’d gone to bed with a metallic taste in his mouth. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They tasted a new snack called Cracker Jack and a new breakfast food called Shredded Wheat. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The sap of the sapodilla tree made good chewing gum if you didn’t much care about taste. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, that’s just bad taste, is what it is,” Hilly says. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I kept eating, too, wanting every last fold of her, the taste brand new to me, or, at least, a reconfection of what I knew. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We think of taste as something that helps us to enjoy food, but our sense of taste evolved to help us screen foods. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Hot mud would have tasted better, but he was so pleased with himself, I forced myself to drink it. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is quite impossible these days to assume anything about people’s educational level from the way they talk or dress or from their taste in music. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The photo left a bad taste in my mouth. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I’ve never tasted fire, but the smoke from it makes my mouth feel thick. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Used to be that a cup of hot chocolate would taste a little different each time. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His throat was so parched that Taran disregarded the taste, thrust his face into the bowl, and drank it dry. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

A tube of Dr Pepper Lip Smacker, which tasted like the soft drink, kissed a bottle of “Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

My taste buds might be coming back, but my colors aren’t. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

It had the sweet, burnt taste of the jurda blossoms she knew, but there was another flavor, too, one she couldn’t quite identify. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She would take a pinch and taste its quality. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she were forced to describe it, she would say that it tasted exactly like squirrel: fuzzy, damp, slightly nutty. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

I could taste the brine and apple wood, of course. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

"No? You are my guest, my dear. You swore your oath. You've tasted of my food. According to the laws of our sisterhood, there is nothing you can do to harm me." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

"The purse is just a taste, my friend. My brother wears armor of solid gold plate." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But mostly, I could taste the sadness in his voice when he told me I couldn’t stay with him for the summer while he worked a railroad job back in Iowa. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Smokestacks belching smog that can be tasted on the tongue. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

His experience in India had left him with a taste for spiritual endeavors. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

His missus sipped Jenny’s chowder, shuddered at the taste, and reached for her mug of small beer. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It tastes like that too, a little, but it’s not even close to as salty as ocean water. I actually think it might be working, our little distiller here.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I split my lip on the last tumble and tasted wet pennies and heavy perfume. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Ruthanne had made one of my favorite dinners, but it didn’t taste very good that night. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I felt his skin break under my teeth and tasted blood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The taste of that foul porridge almost choked Jon, but he forced it down. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Sigurd spat out a laugh like it tasted foul. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Dell bit down on the inside of his left cheek and held his mouth closed until he could detect the taste of blood. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The fizz and coconut taste are instantly popular with my taste buds. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

As the sound of the horses faded into the distance, the copper smell dissipated like mist, leaving that familiar metallic taste in the back of Sefia’s throat. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The need for deceit was a bitter taste in his mouth, but Ned knew he must tread softly here, must keep his counsel and play the game until he was firmly established as regent. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

To this day, if you say to most Americans “Winston tastes good,” they can finish the phrase, “like a cigarette should.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looks as if he can still taste the sick in his mouth. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It meant “One should eat vegetables, not humans, because vegetables taste more delicious.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He thought they had a nice sort of nutty taste. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth was dry and tasted foul and sticky. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Grandmother never lost her German accent, she also never lost her taste for the thick black German Brot, which we bought unsliced. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Aw, you don’t know. You never tasted any,” Harley answered, trying to pry off the bottle cap with the short blade of his pocket knife. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Dad’s taste is so terrible,” Mary Anne announced. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I believe the little car had a taste for mischief but I can't be certain, as both the movie and the afternoon proved unremarkable and have faded from my memory. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I’ve only tried a drop of alcohol once in my life at Violet’s house, but the guilt left a bitter taste in my mouth that lasts to this day. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It fixed him with its eyes, and the next gout of poison came so close to Thor that he could taste it on the ocean air. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Black actually had pretty good taste, from what I could tell. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

His poor taste in music reached me before he did; the car vibrated from the bass, and Marcus sang loud and proud. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Nor did she notice that the taste of the meat was a bit off or the potatoes moldy. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

This liquid roar in my ears, this taste of char on my tongue—this was terror and the overwhelming will to live and the potential to kill. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I want a drink so badly, I can almost taste the wine on my tongue. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had tasted what it was like being dead. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

You never tasted lemonade so good as what he makes in his steel pitcher, from real lemons and white sugar stirred in. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Tears sprang up as the bitter, sharp taste filled her mouth. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Even burned pieces tasted wonderful, better even than beef. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spoke aloud to the sink and the white rats, and to himself: Even now, I know that I have savored the hot taste of life Lifting green cups and gold at the great feast. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He learned that a pigeon isn’t very fussy about what it eats, because its tongue has only thirty-seven taste buds. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I could practically taste the thrill of power. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

A strange awful taste rose in her mouth, more bitter even than the Seder’s bitter herbs. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I closed my eyes, I could hear the laughter and radio drifting up to me, taste the spice of chili and wood smoke on the air. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It brings a bitter taste to my mouth to show him that he scares me, but I have to. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

In fact the nectar tasted like liquid sawdust, but Jason kept that to himself. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m not a baby,” Axel says sharply, the taste of anger still on his tongue. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It tasted so good that he tried to swallow it before he chewed it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Open up, Mother. This is a new kind of medicine. Now be brave, dear. This will taste bad.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You ladies need a critic with some taste and decency. Good heavens! Which one of you did this camellia? Speak up. The water in this bowl looks like motor oil.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

With that precaution they tried to postpone the necessity of having to eat macaws, whose blue flesh had a harsh and musky taste. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

That was the taste on her lips at that moment, but like the end of a summer that had lasted her entire life. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

‘All I has to do is reach in and grab myself a handful! English boys is tasting extra lickswishy!’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now they had the right taste, the right brand, and the right bottle. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I bite a hand that belongs to the Dauntless man on my right and smile as I taste blood. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I changed my clothing and drank some brandy but the brandy did not taste good. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

They tasted unusual, and when I asked her if she had put in anything extra, she said cheese and garlic salt. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“It tastes better if you don’t steal it,” she answered. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had nursed my one beer, but it tasted like wheat backwash. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I swallowed a mouthful of Boone’s, which tasted like carbonated Smarties. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She washed down their chalky, gritty taste with a glass of water, and returned to her room. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You look at the Pepsi Challenge, and you have to begin asking about taste.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Papa bought another fish, but this one was even older than the last, and even Baachan couldn’t make it taste good. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Their coffee tasted slightly of shrimp and the sea. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The borscht was vinegary, and tasted like pickled beets. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Oh, strawberries don’t taste as they used to and the thighs of women have lost their clutch! East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Wun Wun had never tasted wine until he came to Castle Black, but once he had, he had taken a gigantic liking to it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She contemplated a few pulpy grains of crushed root clinging to her fingertips and resisted—for the twentieth time—the temptation to see what they tasted like. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

And so Baachan cooked it alone, because she said she had a secret way of cooking old fish so that it didn’t taste old. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It had tasted okay—it was certainly edible, and he ate it, but it had not been Laura’s chili. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

It was sweet and tangy—almost too sweet—but so good that he didn’t drink it fast, held it in his mouth and let the taste go over his tongue. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The icy taste of it made her throat momentarily numb. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was a strange taste in his mouth. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She gave her vanilla cone a lick, but barely tasted it. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

But they tasted nothing like the real thing because the snow melted in the cup, and we missed the crunchy bits of ice we were used to. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The house dripped mercher wealth—walls paneled in dark wood, floors tiled in clean black and white, all in good taste, all perfectly restrained and impeccably crafted. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Not everybody can taste it. Children, especially, seem to have a hard time knowing it’s there.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The trees even smell different, sending a sharp tang in the air I can taste on my tongue. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The taste of the green liquid reminded him of spoiled apple juice. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It’s funny how I can only taste the sweet things when I’m feeling so sad and bitter. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I am shocked at my first memory of taste. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

For days he couldn't taste anything he ate. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Her mouth tasted of honey and cloves, and her fingers were deft and practiced as they found the fastenings of his clothes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We bought soft pretzels from the cart in the park, even though I told Calista they tasted like the soggy cardboard from the bottom of the pizza box. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I like to taste my plums,” Terrance said, prowling the rows of cabins to see what struck his fancy. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I can still taste that festival: the tart air, caramel in the mouth, the hope at the door, the belief in something for nothing all children take for granted. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sadly, this correspondent has been caught in the embarrassing position of barking up two wrong trees at the same time; but only because tastes have changed in the matter. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

"The rabbit will taste good. I don't even mind about the blood and all." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But this time there was more: a hot wash of guilt, spreading a bitter taste in her mouth. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s an idea of mine. The worse it tastes, the faster you grow up.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Mind the Stop Carey defines punctuation as being governed “two-thirds by rule and one- third by personal taste”. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

Instead he bit the inside of his cheek to keep from crying, until the sharp, salty taste of blood spread over his tongue. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If Your Grace could spare a few bags o’ gold and gems ... just to give their captains a good taste, as it were ... well, who knows?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Gogol savors each mouthful, aware that for the next eight months nothing will taste quite the same. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Because, seriously, liver would make anything taste gross. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Covered in a shimmery gloss that I bet is sweet to the taste. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Me too, Mother. Me too. There’s nothing there. Just my spit. My spit tastes like sugar.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ate the brownie, and it tasted a little weird, but it was still a brownie, so I still liked it. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Already, theyd been given a taste of great change because of a revolution closer to home. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

For a second I can see only blinding white light—the taste of blood fills my mouth. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The taste in my mouth starts to go away. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I tasted it, and she gave me a horrified look and crossed herself. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Whether it was true or not, most people said they had first come out here during a sandstorm, meaning their first taste of Odessa had literally been a mouthful of gritty sand. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached out and lifted a few strands of her hair, drawing them across my tongue, through my teeth, tasting her shampoo and the icy flavor of snow. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He ate the whole plateful of food without tasting any of it. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Soft, salty bread and white cheese, slices of spiced meat, and quarters of some big, globed fruit that tasted of sugared rain. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The taste of blood made me want to spit, but I swallowed it instead. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sea fisheries w ere defunct several years ago; the few fish they have now are from fish farms, and taste muddy. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I unwrapped the sandwich and took a bite, but because my hand still smelled of petroleum the sandwich tasted like my hand. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

No piece of pork has ever tasted as good before or since. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We can’t only rely on our sense of taste when we choose what we eat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I could taste the pale green sweetness of the blade of wheat, stripped and sucked between my teeth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think they taste it, because they’ve gotten used to it, little by little. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

At the soup shop, the short one always tasted the onion broth first. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He loved introducing me to special tidbits, and by the age of nine I had developed a passionate taste for cold vichyssoise and caviar and anchovy paste. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

We don’t rush it—we let the taste of the moment sink in. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t deprive Kutti of the chance to taste rich people’s food. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The trick was eating them fast, before you actually tasted them, and before they turned all slushy from milk. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It did help, some; though the taste of it was foul and it made her spit look like blood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It tastes of ash, but I don’t care. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

In a strange way it tasted exactly like the tea she used to prepare for Mother in the ruined village. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa says that once a lion gets a taste for human blood, it won’t stop until it’s eaten an entire village. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Because there is a force that wants you to realize your Personal Legend; it whets your appetite with a taste of success.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat at the high table as a dish of onion soup cooled before him, hardly tasted, staring at the flame of the nearest candle with those hooded eyes, ignoring the talk around him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“But this make it taste better!” he said crossly to Baachan. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You got good taste anyway, Sonny. Why don’t you ask her out? Double date with me next weekend. We’ll go parking at the Caretta fan.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The dragon Ladon was writhing now, a hundred heads whipping around, tongues flickering and tasting the air. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Cyril suspected that the discussion of bad taste alluded to his loud pants. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the beliefs, habits, tastes, emotions, mental attitudes that characterize our time are really designed to sustain the mystique of the Party and prevent the true nature of present- day society from being perceived. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

For one thing, the cafeteria food smelled good and tasted even better. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I put my paper on my tongue, a bitter taste fills my mouth and nose. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Having tasted freedom’s bounty, it was incomprehensible to Cora that Mabel had abandoned her to that hell. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

For the last two weeks lunch has been either spinach or cooked lettuce with huge potatoes that have a rotten, sweetish taste. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I could smell it—taste it—sweet, musty, with an edge of wintergreen in its base—everywhere in that house. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Keep telling yourself that,” says the dice-eyed skull, “but when you wake up with a few less toes, you’ll know it’s been tasting you.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Actually, white chocolate would taste pretty good with the raspberries. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She brought him, to test his taste, an entire selection, all spread out on an old newspaper. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything tastes good, but it feels too healthy for a Friday night. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Thus far both dragons seemed to have a taste for mutton, returning to Daznak’s whenever they grew hungry. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You’re just in time for a big hot bowl of chicken soup with noodles, made from scratch, the best you ever tasted.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

For some reason he had always thought of wine as having an intensely sweet taste, like that of blackberry jam, and an immediate intoxicating effect. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The taste of blood and dirt welled in my mouth. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then, we fed each other with big spoons; somehow hers always tasted different from my own. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused again as a tear of longing rolled from cheek to lip with the sweet-salty taste of an old memory. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He felt as if he had been transported to Fairy-land and enjoyed a happiness seldom tasted by man. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not like the taste of this. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was pleasant to be drinking slowly and to be tasting the wine and to be drinking alone. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

But as she inhaled the sweet scent of grass, she tasted metal at the back of her throat and knew it had been real. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When it was soft enough, my teeth ground the rice grains, producing a sweet taste that slid easily down my throat. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, but strawberries will never taste so good again and the thighs of women have lost their clutch! East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, tasting the bitterness as the words left my insolent mouth. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I could almost taste the oily hot liquid. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It stood there for a moment, like a crab tasting the air, and then it made one triumphant, nail-clacking leap onto the center of the paper tablecloth. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

But coffee itself tasted to him like caffeinated stomach bile. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

It tasted very good after the cheese and apple. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

And when all the coins had been counted and tasted, the old man would scrawl upon a parchment, stamp it with his seal, and give it to the captain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Of course, we weren’t a couple at all, but I still found the need to comment on our common taste. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

There’s lots of stuff about the soup inside that they can’t put on the label, like how it smells and tastes and makes you feel warm when you eat it. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“My taste buds are neutral territory, I swear.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

They were like the parents you think you should have, and everything tasted like honey. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

For the last twenty years, Coke has gone head-to-head with Pepsi with a product that taste tests say is inferior, and Coke is still the number one soft drink in the world. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She picked up the spoon, tasted the potato salad, and, cleaning the spoon with her lips, put it back on the paper napkin. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It came back to her so vividly she could almost feel his sweaty fingers on her shoulders and taste the mint on his breath. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Fried mung-bean pancake with spicy sauce, wafting in the air with the bricks of pungent soybean paste hawked by a nearby merchant, so strong you could taste it. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

‘Why do they like the taste of Swedes?’ the King asked. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The memory of the bottle of milk Bessie had heated for him last night came back so strongly that he could almost taste it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was tempted to take out the earplugs, just to get a taste of the song. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It had a hideously thick taste, smoky, and so hot it burned my tongue. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But no—of course not—and as I felt the sour taste in my mouth and the sweat in my palms, I knew that in a minute I would be sick. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Cleopatra would have been exposed to all sorts of tastes and treasures sold in the shops and stalls lining the streets. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

It’s not like a flavor that you can offer and have someone simply taste. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was called on in the first week of October and tasted the silence briefly before I managed to struggle through with an answer to an almost impossible question. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The water pulls at my legs, and I cling to the rock, tasting salt on my lips. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It didn’t taste as good as rice or cassava, but it was healthier and filled our bellies. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the most scrumptious apple I had ever tasted. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

"You'll kiss it again when I return, and taste my uncle's blood." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was afraid of being lost, so he repeated trail marks to himself: this is my mouth tasting the salt of her brown breasts; this is my voice calling out to her. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Purr made himself useful keeping mice from the barley and tasting everyone’s cheese. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps their taste for it grew because Europeans had been exposed to sugar in a different way: through war. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

"I—I thought salty water would taste nice, since food usually tastes better with salt," I sputter. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Emma, “there is no disputing about taste.—At least you admire her except her complexion.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“Yes, he was very nice. He bought me dinner and some red drinks that tasted like Popsicles.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

For example, one afternoon earlier this summer, I had a taste for a Big Mac and a shake. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I tasted red wine for the first time, and my new friends laughed at my pinched face. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He removed the stopper from the whisky and smelt and tasted it. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

It was poisonous, unnatural to let the dead go with a mere whimpering, a slight murmur, a rose bouquet of good taste. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Poppet and Widget slip tastes of appropriate morsels to the marmalade kittens at their feet, while listening attentively to Mme. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A family squarely in the middle class may own a flat- screen television, drive a BMW, and indulge a taste for expensive chocolate. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I’m just one of thousands of people waiting for a taste of that water. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

That was the only time he had ever tasted it. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Nothing had ever tasted so good as those pieces of honeycomb dripping with rich, luscious gold sweetness. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It tasted like lemon, the sort of cold remedy his mother sometimes gave him, but there was something else in it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It’s cold and fresh and tastes faintly of mud. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The seed had all the softness of boiled corn, and the taste of his friend’s deception was bitter in his mouth. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Thus it was that the dwarfs had the mead of wisdom and poetry, and any person who wished to taste it needed to beg it from the dwarfs. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

We eat inside a huge tent where Brother Vu becomes head chef, heating up cans of beef and potatoes tasting like salty vomit. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Time and tragedy have forced her to grow too quickly, at least for my taste, into a young woman who stitches bleeding wounds and knows our mother can hear only so much. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

His tongue flickers out like a snake’s as he tastes the jam. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It tasted horrible, bitter and hot, and Joseph drank it all. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The limo was really great, and the limo driver got everyone stoned, which made the very expensive food taste even better. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I should have explained before. We’re headed up to what folks call the Tea Water Pump. Rich people get their water from there ’cause it tastes the best. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could taste the bitter rind from across the room. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The taste of his blood filled her mouth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The heady taste of success had infused him further with morality and fired him with ambition for loftier attainments. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He swallowed back the bitter taste, broke free and ran across the ring. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Liza said patiently, “Why do you be forever testing, Samuel? Gray ones taste just as good and they’re bigger.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

As the rice cooked, it gathered the taste of the maple. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The sweet, fruity taste of summerwine filled his mouth and brought a smile to his lips. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They looked like spiral doughnuts and tasted great - just the right combination of crispy, sugary and buttery - but when Nico first heard fartura he knew Percy would have made a joke out of the name. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I swallowed against the foul taste of fear. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I can almost taste it, soft and bubbly and sweet, like pink champagne on the tip of my tongue. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Genie stuck his fork into the white slime and hoped it didn’t taste like peas. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She had smell and touch and taste to help her, but touch and taste could be perilous when grinding poisons, and with some of the waif’s more toxic concoctions even smell was less than safe. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The wine was icy cold and tasted faintly rusty. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

As the waiter walked away, Ifemelu said, “Those frozen things taste horrible.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The craving for alcohol finally left me and I forgot the taste of it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now you know what your rice tastes like. Now you know what you’ve given me in this marriage. Bad food, and nothing else.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

There was dust in her mouth, the taste of ashes, gritty and dry. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden my food doesn’t taste as good as before. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She ate her sugar bun slowly, reluctant to have done with its sweet taste, while the coffee got ice-cold. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laski was a prominent politician and the leading socialist intellectual of the day; he was enough of a Marxist to have a taste for the word ‘revolution’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“He don’t usually care for the taste of humans, but when he’s this hungry he ain’t so discriminating!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Madame Reynaud could soak it in wine and lace it with spice but, hell, an old shoe would taste good with that treatment. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

My mouth tastes like copper, and my heart starts drumming, and when I get off the bus and start running, right away I'm thinking of all the ways I can sneak into the house. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I gave you a small taste so that you would not forget,” said her mother. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

So when Moqorro said, “Your lost lambs will return to the flock off the isle called Yaros,” the captain said, “Pray that they do, priest. Or you may be the next to taste the whip.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I remember saying, the vomit taste still fresh in my mouth. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The bright taste of blueberry and pineapple lasted for a moment, and then all that was left was the mystery of being saved. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It takes a little time to acquire a taste for wild foods, so Bando surprised me the way he liked the menu. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cole swallowed the taste of bile in his throat and listened to the rumbling overhead. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It tasted just like soda, but I felt a little cooler drinking it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Our father milked the mother goat only once in the first week, to let us taste the special richness of birth milk. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The water was warm and tasted like metal. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bile rises in my throat and I swallow the bitter taste. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Only once a year, on his birthday, did Charlie Bucket ever get to taste a bit of chocolate. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Try dis!” she’d shouted at me, going full throttle with the accent, exuberantly handing me pieces of grilled fish to taste, handing me fried yams, stalks of sugarcane, and cut-up pieces of mango. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Nathan knew that the spider was back there, probably craving a taste of his hand. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I ate the last one, and that was the last Orich bar I ever tasted. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I can taste them, but I can’t tell if they are sweet or sour. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

We dipped spoons into the mixture and tasted it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe it tastes better because everything tastes better when you are wearing old flannel pajamas at midnight. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I was so vigilant that I tasted several pieces. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later he’d found himself lying on a little rise, face-up, tasting the field in his mouth, listening to the rain and explosions and bubbling sounds. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was something about the taste of it, the smell, and then I remembered: Bunny, the beer on his breath; spilled beer foaming on the ground. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

People gave up the ghost with delicacy and taste inside the hospital. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I figured,” I said, swallowing more seltzer, trying to get that taste out of my mouth. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Is something wrong with your ears? Mix it with some water and fry it, osiso! They say children love the taste of this thing.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Frank set down his pancake roll like it suddenly didn’t taste so good. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Nathan tasted a spoonful and immediately spit it back out into his bowl. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It seemed that nothing had ever tasted so good. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Hanako spooned some soup up, but she secretly kept her nostrils closed so she couldn’t taste it too well. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

My breath tasted sour, and I turned my head so she wouldn’t catch a whiff of it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Hey, Mom,” I asked, “how come the doctor said my blood is iron poor but it tastes like copper?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It tasted pretty good too, though what I mainly tasted were the ketchup, mustard, pickles, and onions. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It was the taste in my mouth when my dad said, “I take this set, yes?” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

A consoling warmth compensated for the milky smell, and the gritty, salty-sweet taste. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I’ll trade you Cookie’s homemade marshmallow recipe for a taste of the finished product,” Micah offers with a sly smile. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

There was pity in that look; he could taste it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“You know what milk tastes like when it nears the expiration date, just the littlest bit sour?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lawrence, for his part, was inclined to call Teller’s bluff, for his putative partner was already proving entirely too fractious for his taste. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He grabbed his sword and got to his feet, unsteady, but not unsteady enough for Anya's taste. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“They brought the cashew juice this afternoon. It tastes good. I am sure it will sell,” Mama finally said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“No, Mr. Washington only found the reference to it. The licensing file also says that Mrs. Moss stated that she no longer allowed the children to taste her home-cooked hot sauce.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He let them stew for close on an hour, testing them now and again with his fork, and tasting the broth. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Dicey took a deep breath, which tasted of dampened sunlight and moist earth. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth still held the coppery taste of blood. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I imagine that they taste rather good with brandy.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the guests at Tamar’s wedding ate the cream puffs, they could taste the truest thing in all the world at that moment—the baker’s pain. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It was good: tender flesh, with a taste somewhat like chicken, but still quite different. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their taste is way too Bengali for me. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The cracker tasted like paste and the juice was too sweet. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“He’s a classical music person but loath to admit it in public because it’s such a Western taste.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Vanilla with chocolate sprinkles and crushed Oreos, chocolate syrup, whipped cream, and that nasty cherry on top, which looks better than it tastes. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I fit my mouth to his, and he tastes like water and smells like fresh air. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I swallowed the taste of smoke out of my mouth, and looked at Thalia. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The crackers didn’t have much taste, but they settled nicely in Hanako’s stomach, taking away her hunger. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She was like that, excited and delighted by little things, crossing her fingers before any remotely unpredictable event, like tasting a new flavor of ice cream, or dropping a letter in a mailbox. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

They liked that I went all the way to the market every day before dawn to get them a taste of the outside country, away from their protected bourgeois life. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Uncle Bob’s turkey tastes like cardboard and his lemon pound cake looks like Jell-O, but Hospital Santa has everyone singing and all this joy is spoiling my mood. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

And she kissed him, gently, on the mouth, with lips that tasted of crushed blackberries, then she stood up and walked back into the gypsy caravan behind the stall. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was too hot to know how it tasted, but I shook my head to indicate that it was fine. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

More important, it appeared that he had befriended the Romagna and had won the support of all of its populace once the people began to taste the beneficial results of his rule. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I learned to cook so well that I could smell if the meat stuffing was too salty before I even tasted it. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Audrey chewed a bite of soggy pancake, but I imagined it tasted like gravel to her, the way everything had tasted like gravel to me since Jesse’s death. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“We weren’t innocent,” Ben says strongly, and suddenly his Noise tastes bitter. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Her lips pressed together like she’d tasted sour lemonade, like that time we added salt instead of sugar. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The soup actually had hardly any taste, but at the same time it tasted really awful, because you knew that in it was a strange, ugly creature. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I bring pizza and salad back to my room for dinner, telling myself that anything tastes better when acquired at some risk to life and limb, like venison fresh from the hunt. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Rhydd was kind to give me the rhubarb and custards for free, but today they tasted acidic and glassy. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Kasim,” I manage to say, because the taste of iron fills my mouth, the same mouth he’s kissed. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you can’t cook it yet! Jiichan went to get an onion from your neighbor. He said onion makes everything taste good.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“We're not big turkey fans in my house. Mama and Baba haven’t developed a taste for it. They don’t have turkeys in Pakistan.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She said, “And if I remember correctly you and your mother had quite different tastes in books. I remember your mother used to like mysteries and fairy tales, isn’t that so?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I tried to figure the whos and the whys of the matter, but my own name escaped me, and I knew only the pain in my head and the iron taste of lost teeth. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I program the closet for an outfit to my taste. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what it is, but I taste it in the air, like far-off rain clouds gathering. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“Kinda smoky? And cold. Like snow. I think it’s supposed to taste like my favorite book.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Shadow took a sip, tasting an odd blend of sour and sweet on his tongue. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Chefs around the country, like the ones who buy from Polyface in Virginia, are trying to teach consumers that food actually tastes better when it is fresh, in season, and grown without chemicals. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It was, after all, at one of those late night parties in Toby’s room that I first developed my taste for chocolate cake. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘Because the Swedes of Sweden have a sweet and sour taste. So says the BFG,’ the Queen said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Or might be he is. And that tastes of trouble too." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I remember lying in a soft bed, being spoon-fed something that tasted like buttered popcorn, only it was pudding. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

My mouth filled up with the taste that I knew so well from Aaron’s room—a chemical taste, buzzy and light. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Finally, after more than seven years, I tasted the icy tang of snow again! Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The liquid was still thick, and still the color of old blood, but the dirt taste was gone, as was the spicy bitterness. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He scooted forward and reached again and laved up a handful of it and smelled and tasted it and then drank. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Actually, only a trace is enough to incorporate the telltale musty odor and taste. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Not one of these symbols of prosperity and taste has any use at all. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

There are already cryptic advertisements in the Personal columns of literary magazines, urging the purchase of electronic headsets for the training and regulation of one’s own brain waves, according to one’s taste. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It tasted of honey, of new-fallen snow, of pepper and cinnamon and the last kiss his mother ever gave him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He could not stop until his mouth became so dry that the bread balled on his tongue; he held it there, savoring the taste. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She heeded nothing of what I said; but when she had tasted the water and drawn breath, she went on thus— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Now it tastes like a cow pasture...a sunny cow pasture.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

‘We is having an interesting babblement about the taste of the human bean. The human bean is not a vegetable.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the plus side, the cupcake did sort of taste like Froot Loops. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He dipped a finger in it, tasted it gingerly. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

It sucks you inside out and places you in a space where touch and taste and sound and sight all turn to ash. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring; There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again.’ Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wild pig was delicious both ways, with a nutty sweetness to it that tasted nothing like store-bought pork. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I tasted the sun in her lips, a warmth as gentle as it was strong. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The pork tastes of orange juice and garlic, and the moros have the crunchy bacon bits on top that I love. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“But it’s kind of a compliment because I picked you as a best friend, and Pi picked you as a best friend. He has good taste.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The milk was the sweetest thing I had ever tasted, the spices so thick I could near chew them. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The liquor tasted like pureed licorice and blood. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He had to know the color, the smell, the feel of the boiling liquid so well, he could almost taste in the air that it was ready, just now. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Pity, though. I would have thought clothing the poor in taste would have been a fine corporal work of mercy.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

"Cut a slice and taste it. We haven't got all day." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I had to taste the candy, of course, to make sure it was not stale. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, from what we can tell, everyone, rich or poor, liked to flavor their food with spices—a taste that may well date back to Roman times. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

But the taste brings back a few too many memories. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There seemed only one way to get rid of the bad taste, and that was to flush out his mouth with more and more words. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

My senses are alive with the taste of her, the smell of her, the feel of her, the sound of her breathing, the sight of her as she pulls her body away from mine. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He can almost feel the snow, the excitement, and the anticipation, the sugary taste of a striped candy. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Here everyone, have a small taste. We have to save some,” Ma says as we gather around her. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Insert a candle and it gives light only to the holder! Best friend of thieves and plunderers! Your son has fine taste, sir.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s terrific! There’s nothing like it! There never has been! And I should know because I personally have tasted all the finest foods in the world!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Through Turner, Mace said that he had never tasted, never even heard of, goose liver pate, and from now on, he would eat nothing else. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The following day Garfield began his presidency, getting a bitter taste of what lay ahead. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The sleet on one’s lips tastes of smoke and sulphur. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Peanut butter, white bread, canned figs, and string beans; she could taste the dust in all of it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The berries were full and ripe, and he tasted one to find it sweet, and with none of the problems of the gut cherries. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder how pistachios crushed with rosewater syrup and sweet cheese would taste. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The principal was right; my taste for books had been greatly influenced by the kinds of literature I had seen in the homes of white people. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt it, then smelled it, then actually tasted it. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There are fields of lemongrass that stretch for miles, food that tastes like paradise.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He was further puzzled that Twinkle, who normally displayed good taste, was so charmed. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The love of them—the touch, taste, and feel of them—was not just an easy luxurious human vice; they were, for me, A Thing To Do Instead. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch intently as the Doorman gently lunges for the sweet taste and softens the cone with his slobber. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I crave it like I craved the taste of faerie fruit. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Ammu put out her tongue and tasted it, in the hollow of his throat. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the first bite, she ate quickly, trying to fill up her stomach without tasting anything. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of us bore its taint—not because our distant ancestor had been tempted in that distant garden, but because each of us, lodged in Adam’s body, had actually tasted the fruit. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He licked his lips and tasted powdered cedar. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He stopped to taste it before he said, “Mama, huh? I don’t know....” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The hunger and heat combined, a poisonous taste resembling defeat; yes, he thought, that’s what it is: I’ve been defeated in some obscure way. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

That breakfast tasted better than anything Eddard Stark had eaten in a long time, and afterward his smiles came easier and more often, until it was time for the tour-nament to resume. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Sally is cough syrup; she tastes bad, but my mother insists she’s good for me. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood watching and imagined that if he kissed her that night the taste of the raspberries would be cool in his mouth. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Your mother made me leave,” Babulya grumbled, “so I wouldn’t offend him. I got some herbs in the meantime. Come here and taste this.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“In my mother’s house the kitchen was dark and narrow, and nothing you cooked there ever had any taste or color.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The water was cold and tasted good, but I didn’t see no fish in it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The first thing I thought of when I tasted that coffee was you.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But now it tasted like milk after the ice in the icebox had melted: spoiled. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It's a dish I tasted myself, or have you forgotten? I was ten when I was taken from my father's house, to make certain he would raise no more rebellions." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Mother! Mother! It’s happening again. I taste something in my mouth, but I’m not eating anything.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The taste of it never left your mouth. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

When he heard that she had objected to the drawing of the animal’s claws, he tasted uncertainty, even alarm. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

He had kissed her good night, that night, and she had tasted of strawberry daiquiris, and he had never wanted to kiss anyone else again. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

But once I had the cheese grated and the sausages dancing in the frying pan, she was anxious for a taste. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

They tasted nicer than anything, so that he wished there were more. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Human beans from Jersey is tasting of cardigans.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it cooled down enough to taste, I tried a bite. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She immediately opened her eyes—so, in having a good sense of smell and a taste for milk, she seemed no different from the fairies he knew. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I took his toothbrush from the sink counter and sucked on the bristles, trying to find the taste of him, but there was only the flavor of watery mint toothpaste. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Grandmother said that if a lion or a leopard tasted someone’s tears, it would never be satisfied until it got the whole person. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

An apple, sweet and rotten at the same time, honeyed juice running over my tongue, tasting of sunlight and pure heady, stupid joy. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They ask if I know what buffalo tastes like. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dell says: "Did you taste the soil to find out?" Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

They used rocks to smash them and spent over an hour bashing rocks and nibbling at the small chunks of nutmeat, which tasted almost sweet. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

They blind me and taste salty and unfamiliar on my lips. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

In our hunger we chewed them all day because of the taste of honey.” Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

And then I could taste her again, the wine and the cigarette smoke and the Chap Stick and Alaska, and I wondered if she had kissed me because she was drunk. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“We ready for you to taste Biddy’s good cooking,” Quincy say. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

However, Shadow consoled himself, it did not taste particularly alcoholic. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The syrup tasted like thin honey laced with hickory smoke, and everybody who worked in the factory secretly spooned it all day long. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you do taste the compound, it will be strong and unpleasantly bitter, so you may line up—calmly, please—at the fountain for water.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Any lunch after a long hike tastes good. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He had a coppery taste in his mouth. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I am appalled by the extremely poor taste and unseemly behavior of your daughter and her friends. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked down at Jeffrey, who had a really miserable look on his face, like he was tasting something vile. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or some other foul dish that tasted no better. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Was I too much my mother’s daughter, wired not only with the same taste, but also the same fears? Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I drift into the armpits of strangers, tasting their manic salt, and sleep to forget everything. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The four were not the first to taste human flesh during this grim march, she would wager—only the first to be discovered. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I longed for the smell and taste of home cooking, especially flour tortillas, frijoles de la olla, and carne con chile. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

We pull into our driveway around ten thirty, my lips still tasting of chocolate-almond. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It tastes as if they boiled old socks and dumped the liquid into a coffeepot, but I gulp it down anyway because I’m not about to waste my two dollars. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They speak of small things: the intoxication of kola nut, or how no food hath tasted right for these twenty years without palm oil. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He breathed the scent and taste of her, and shivered when her fingers traced up his arms to the nape of his neck. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Someday she will find them, hunt them, smell their fear, taste their blood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She had a distant memory of the taste of real tea, buried with her recollections of sugar and birthday cake. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They look good together and I can’t help but wonder why Donna has not had the same taste in picking out a good boyfriend. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Already we were losing the taste for freedom, already we were finding these walls secure. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’re about to go into the family room and offer tastes to everyone, when I notice a ziplock bag of ice cream melting on the counter. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He chewed it and noted its quality and its good taste. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her lips join up with mine, and I taste her breath and swallow and feel and lunge for it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

If this one had been the prince, things might have gone elsewise, he could not help but think... but there was something a bit too pleasant about Drinkwater for his taste. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They coughed and complained about the bitter taste before they ran one by one into the restroom and threw up the nastiness in their stomachs. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

But it had put into his mouth a taste for winning. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

A sour taste filled the back of her mouth that made her want to spit, but at the sound of approaching footsteps, she looked up. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It moved its thick head back and forth working its wide mouth open and closed, tasting the air. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“This is only a taste of what is to come,” Luke said. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I went and learned the pleasures of love from Kamala and business from Kamaswami I hoarded money, I squandered money, I acquired a taste for rich food, I learned to stimulate my senses. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he was one of those white men she had read about, with strange tastes, who wanted women to drag a feather over their back or urinate on them. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I speak the name, which tastes unfamiliar in my mouth. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She only gets up to go to the bathroom, drink water, and occasionally eat one of those Mexican cookies that taste like Styrofoam. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I am sure that she tasted like stale booze, but I did not notice, and I’m sure I tasted like stale booze and cigarettes, but she didn’t notice. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Aru shoved it in her pocket, then ran her tongue along her teeth, hating that she couldn’t quite rid herself of the taste. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“That’s why Littmus made a fortune. He manufactured a piece of candy that tasted sweet and sad at the same time.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Because nothing tastes better with stress than salt. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He was described three decades after his death as having had “so much taste and talent that his mind bordered on genius.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

He could taste the alcohol underneath, and a strange blend of flavors. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

His forehead streamed with perspiration and he tasted salt on his tongue. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

As they rose through a gap in the dunes, they heard the sea and tasted a salty mouthful before they saw it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She had never said those words aloud, had never even allowed herself to think them, and they tasted strange on her tongue. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

After several days of hunger they ate snails, which were bitter tasting. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The sept beyond had never been rebuilt, though; only a seven-sided foundation remained where it had stood Robert Barathean's fury had soured the ironmen's taste for the new gods, it would seem. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But Emma was worth it; so, as his daughter Henrietta wrote much later, he “made up his mind to give up all his natural taste for tidiness.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe she’s smart. But she’s incredibly weird. She’s going to end up living alone in a basement with a bunch of cats. Windy, you used to have better taste in friends.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was the time of year—the last dregs of winter spoiling the taste of everything. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

But since he has had a good taste of what speed will do, and his both legs Broke & hip injury he now has slowed down on that I’m sure. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having seen the smoke and tasted the sugared air on his tongue, he delayed his journey to Palestine to detour back toward Vienna. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wished I could reach into the picture to taste them. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

There was a knife with a smooth wooden handle, and she used it to peel the skin of a round, red fruit; inside was juicy orange flesh that tasted both sweet and tart. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had never tasted anything like it before, but enjoyed it immensely. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I gave her my name, and she repeated it several times like she was tasting it. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tasted fear and despair like salt in my mouth. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavour, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Was it that dark chocolate kind? I hate that kind. But white chocolate is worse. It tastes like soap.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She puckered her lips unpleasantly, as though tasting something sour. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad would sniff and sip sometimes, if I made a cup of something and begged them to taste it, but that was it. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The Son must have the taste of death for­ever in His mouth. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nhamo noticed that some trees were hardly touched, and when she tasted the fruit she understood why. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She twisted the word mother in her mouth as if it tasted bitter. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was getting a taste for it when something new happened. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

No one ever says that a chicken tastes like a rattlesnake, though. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first trip he had tasted the soup; the second, he had asked Helen to make him a cup of tea; the last, he had had more soup. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could very much use a taste of happiness at the moment. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

People expect it’s going to taste better and they are willing to pay five, ten cents more—just on the strength of that package.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I was crazy about reading myself, but my taste ran to novels. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

We manage to get Marv to loosen up and laugh a bit later, though he still complains of tasting the Doorman on his Ups. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

From this he carefully unfolded a narrow ladder that made Bridge think of a tongue reaching out to taste the floor. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

My mouth tasted like a skunk had crawled into my throat and died. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“This tastes worse than the others,” he complained. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

They won’t eat the bread and goody till I kill the taste of the sour milk with sugar. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She tore off a piece of the pastry, dipped it in her coffee, and tasted it. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

And they made the most wonderful pancakes she ever tasted in all her life. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember? We buy butter from friend who have farm. But sugar I have no memory of. I may have tasted sugar, but I have no memory of.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But the South’s taste for vengeance tends to fade quickly. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“This bonobo has lost the taste for milk,” my mom said, her arms still around me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, the meal looked and tasted very much like airline food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Still, she couldn’t look at him without getting a bitter taste in her mouth. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

If it’s a joke, it’s not a funny one even for Nita—she spits out the explanation like it tastes bitter to her. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

And amazingly, in those countries where people pick their foods based on custom and taste, the people are actually healthier than we are. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

And when, in 1662, England’s Charles II married Catherine of Braganza, a Portuguese princess, she brought Bombay as part of her dowry, and a taste for tea to the English court. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

There is no sixth taste on the hoard. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He made himself use the impostor name and immediately tasted tears. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Laila got her to play snakes and ladders, and they ate shavings from blocks of dark chocolate, one of the few things they shared a common taste for. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Do not presume to fly again. Do not let me find you here when I return. Otherwise you shall taste this bolt. And it shall be your last sensation.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It had a bitter taste, though not so bitter as acorn paste. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Really she wanted very much to taste it and tell him how good it was. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My dragons have developed a prodigious taste for mutton since we began to pay the shepherds for their kills. Have these claims been proven?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I’d tasted it once, with the idea of stealing it, and hurriedly spit it out and put the bottle back on the shelf. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They pulsated with the love of all things alive, a powerful yearning that Sierra could taste. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Kinzie swallowed like she had a bad taste in her mouth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

When it reached her lips the taste was salt and copper. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Using the shovel like a big spoon, he scooped out a tiny bit and tasted it. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

My mouth is dry as sawdust and tastes like it, too. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Not even a pastry at the corner bakery on Lwowska Street had ever tasted so good. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

But whenever you hear bad poets declaiming their bad poetry, filled with foolish similes and ugly rhymes, you will know which of the meads they have tasted. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

It said MASTER? again, as if testing the word to see how it tasted. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I can taste the dust in the air. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Even that is pushing the bounds of good taste. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Pain tore through my shoulder and I tasted blood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The hoary old warrior looked as if he had bitten into something he did not like the taste of. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

With it he could taste anything she gave him and suffer no harm. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It tastes mighty good to me, Dale,” he said, and smacked his lips. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

On the plantation, she was not free, but she moved unrestricted on its acres, tasting the air and tracing the summer stars. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

First Dinner Without Mom Mustard, mac-and-cheese smells as bad as it sounds, and tastes even worse. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I said the word “teammates” as if it tasted like burnt cookies and sour milk. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

My mom said fish cooked that way always came out exactly how fish should taste. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t taste like a rancid orange but like mint, like she had a mint right before. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“No, they taste like what they are, which is nuggets.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She spends her days lying down, a pink plastic wastepaper basket by her side, the shades drawn, her mouth and teeth coated with the taste of metal. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once he had swallowed a good portion of the English vocabulary, he began to taste the familiar ingredients, the Greek seasoning in the roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Besides, Omakayas reasoned, as she walked contentedly along, the taste of the sugar would save her from eating every one of the berries she was sure she would find on the path. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Right. Got it. Like who decided to make cough syrup taste like fake bubble gum? Disgusting on both counts.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I had never tasted anything so cool and clean. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Not enough to try a plankton burger, but enough for a taste. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gale’s touch and taste and heat remind me that at least my body’s still alive, and for the moment it’s a welcome feeling. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Why, every child ought to come out here and have a taste—” She stopped again. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra woke up and began to complain, and then tasted something strange and smacked her lips. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They made fun of his ponytail and his taste in music. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He threw the word into the fire as if it had a bad taste. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the food along the way tasted like soup, even the soup. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if we could already taste the glory that the Grasshopper would bring, once it was ours. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But Mr. Swart could not abide the taste and vowed that if I ever wanted it again, I would have to cook it myself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And it don’t taste like possum feet, neither,” Florida added. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Not precisely royal fare, but nourishing; it tasted good enough and wanned the belly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And from within me, I heard a voice answer: “Where He is? This is where—hanging here from this gallows . . .” That night, the soup tasted of corpses. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

You exist from meal to meal, in spite of the fact that food means nothing anymore, because you have neither a feeling of hunger nor a sense of taste. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Breathing in the warm, musky fragrance, I remembered Piatra Neamt, the taste of cheese blintzes, and the crowing of roosters in the morning. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Since the school had links with many of the great civilizations of Asia, the Mediterranean, and Europe, word of sugar and the experience of tasting its special sweetness began to spread. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

He dropped the beer as soon as he tasted it, but the boy caught the bottle and pressed it against him. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

So curry wasn’t a big part of our meals, but I could tell you what crab cake and barbecue are supposed to taste like. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

What do you put in here, Minny, that makes it taste so good?’ The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I had brought the remainder of the bottle back with me, as I knew Simmon had a taste for it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He could not stop the trembling of his lips and he bit them until he tasted blood. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Maybe one day you will remember some tea that tasted bitter. You took my medicine by mistake—remember? Slept as you had never slept before and awakened late—thick-headed?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was still some rice, and reheated with the beans, it almost tasted like real food. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He bit into the bread that tasted of army canvas, and tore and sucked at the sausage. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I want to tell it to take the others, to taste and swallow the truth. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He guzzled some red liquid, which thankfully tasted like watered-down wine, not blood or poison. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The skin tastes as promised, crunchy and salty, hot and spicy. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I can’t describe why they were so appealing, but as soon as I smelled their fragrance, I knew that one bite would be the most delicious thing I’d ever tasted. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“A spice. It makes everything taste good, even cauliflower.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

It was sweet, and he wondered vaguely if she would taste sweet... Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

A jug went around and I tasted it, choked, and drew more laughter. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She twisted her mouth wryly, as if she were tasting something she disliked. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She pressed her lips to his, tasting, enjoying, wanting. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Or what I think salted caramel and sunshine taste like. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You may appreciate it more if you drink from it. Have you ever tasted wine?” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The cream’s pleasant tang complemented the honeyed taste and spongy texture of the cake layers. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You can give him a taste. Then he’ll be motivated to work for more.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Either way, he’d have to swallow down everything—no matter how bitter it tasted—so they could get back to the dream that had sustained them for years. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

As the spicy flavor of anise spread over his taste buds, his mind floated back to his conversation with his father earlier in the week. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Trashman not only liked guavas, he seemed to enjoy the nutty taste of the grubs. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to seem eager; maybe if I talked about how good it tasted, Papa might forget that he had not yet punished Jaja. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I ate my mango, but my tongue felt numb and I could barely taste it this time. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I used to think that karma would taste sweet, but the bitterness it leaves on the inside ain’t sweet at all. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But the nighttime Calliope only stroked the hair, or tasted it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The sweet taste of blood kept seeping into Cole’s mouth, forcing him to swallow. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know what’s good for you. You have no taste buds. A double tragedy.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

At the restaurant they were seated side by side at a round table with a revolving platter of spareribs and egg rolls and chicken wings, which, they concurred, all tasted the same. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

His body over mine, and the sweat on his back, and his scent, and the way his skin tasted... Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Do you taste the wind and the night? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Treat your taste buds to a scrumptious meal while feasting your eyes on the stunning snowscape before it melts away. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

It turns out that custard can taste really, really depressing when you’re not in the mood for it. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He wanted to taste all the food: the pigeon pies, the honey tarts, that suckling pig with the apple in its mouth, and the jugged hare. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

"Oh, it's truth you want? Be careful, my lady. lyrion says that people often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

This was the beginning of our stepping back, a first taste of what the future might be like. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And Violet Beauregarde, before tasting her blade of grass, took the piece of world-record-breaking chewing gum out of her mouth and stuck it carefully behind her ear. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

It didn’t taste bad, but it ain’t like no Texas barbecue either. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was one hundred percent certain that the person she was baking for would never have tasted anything quite so heavenly in all his life. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

So someone decided that the taste test is the universe’s way of revealing fate: love or death. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It tastes like a mix of glue, chalk, and salt. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He was talking about his idea of me: the radical Jew, the conniving Jew, the greedy and ambitious Jew who would kill a king for a taste of power. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

If picked young and quickly boiled, it has a starchy sweet taste that reminds me of springtime just as much as fresh peas or asparagus. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

As I hand off the phone, the two start to plan my tour and my next video, and crack jokes about my musical taste. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

My stomach was still growling when I took my first bite of the enchilada dinner, but somehow it didn’t taste nearly as delicious as I remembered. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

A metallic taste in your mouth, like blood. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

‘The first swallow was sour. But the rest tastes good.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Derrik joked with me off and on, but generally found me too reserved for his tastes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Roasted over the fire, they have the sharp sweet taste of a parsnip. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I savor the taste of meat and gravy and doughy bread. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tasted it, then said, “Joey, if you slip anymore, school just might let you slip away like water down a drain and the class will continue on as if you never existed.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big stableboy never understood what was happening, and Bran could taste the fear at the back of his mouth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I can taste salt on my lips, and wisps of hair are sticking to my sweaty forehead. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Again Rick inhaled a pinch of Dr. Johnson Snuff; the menthol in it tasted foul, so early in the morning. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I had thought I would never taste another. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

A fair bargain, Hizdahr said, but the taste it left in the queen’s mouth was foul. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t tasted fear in a while—hadn’t let herself taste fear. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

To be honest, it really didn’t taste like anything more sinister than strawberry lemonade. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But tonight I’m hungry for them all, since I don’t know when I’ll taste these foods again. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The taste of it was languorous and heady on the tongue, the color a purple so dark that it looked almost black in the dim-lit cellar. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We ate the rest of the dinner in silence, only this time it was the bad kind of silence, and the food stopped tasting so good. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Food never tastes as good as when you are really hungry. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

It tastes dry and bitter, like autumn leaves. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The berries tasted as good as they looked, better. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He struggles but fails to recall her presence at Pemberton Road; still, he is secretly pleased that she has seen those rooms, tasted his mother’s cooking, washed her hands in the bathroom, however long ago. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“When it comes to people, sometimes it’s a matter of taste, like these cookies. We like some more than others. That’s not bad. It’s just human.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She was one of them, really, blithe and girlish in her manner and her tastes—video games, Harry Potter, the baffling pop music they listened to. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It’s sour tasting and contains bits of maize that settle at the bottom, requiring you to shake it up before enjoying, hence the name. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

He thought of the golden man and the three-eyed crow, remembered the crunch of bones between his jaws and the coppery taste of blood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was the most delicious wine he had ever tasted. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So if it smells like whiskey, maybe it’ll taste enough like it to get Sheriff Dean off your back.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

It'd oozed out of its wrapper, but we picked off the bits of pocket fluff and it tasted okay. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

But if you sprinkled some summer on them, maybe they’d taste like pizza or something. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

If the zombie can get a taste of salt, he will under* stand. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She made a face, like she had just tasted something bad. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Your mom used to tell me this Chinese proverb. Eat bitter—” “Eat bitter, taste sweet,” Frank said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

As Father and I crossed the lonely field and made for our house I couldn’t help but think about that earlier night and the welcome feast, all the tastes and sounds of it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chances were slim that he would ever taste another honey cake. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

When he had lived upstairs, he had once tasted toothpaste when a careless guest left the cap off a tube. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

But in those days, if people used fruit, honey, and sugar to sweeten foods, they often mixed salty or even bitter tastes with sweet ones. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Professor — Professor, don’t you want to taste my po —?” called Harry desperately. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was one of those baffling aberrations in Ammu’s taste, a cloud of stiff yellow lace with tiny silver sequins and a bow on each shoulder. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when my order arrives, everything tastes even better than it looks. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Mom, I know what it tastes like,” my mother responds. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Davos tasted a trap, yet he saw no sign of any foes sweeping in behind them, only the great fleet of Stannis Baratheon in their ordered ranks, stretching back to the watery horizon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Because they taste better and ‘waffle’ is more fun to say.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I've only even tasted an orange once, at New Year's when my father bought one as a special treat. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It’s also a matter of good taste to talk about only happy things.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

That feeling became a physical part of me, something I could taste on my tongue or smell on my own breath. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A sour taste suddenly nipped at my tongue. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

"Yes, but this poison smells and tastes like flowers," I say to the queen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

If his face was a supernova before, it became an accretion disc—one of the brightest objects in the universe—as soon as he tasted his lettuce. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

And Adam, who had never tasted wine, began to like it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We cook it and everyone wants a taste of warm soup there. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s one of the best things I ever tasted. It reminds me of...Juicy Fruit gum!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Jack’s excitement was tempered by his first tastes of anti- Semitism. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

But he said nothing when O-lan fried them in oil and when the laborers crunched them between their teeth and the children pulled them apart delicately and tasted them, afraid of their great eyes. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I say it like it tastes bad and I have to spit it out. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He was washing the taste from j his mouth with a sip of ale when Edd returned to tell him Bowen Marsh was without. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They wept, so great was their desire to stay, tasting forever the honey-sweet flowers. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everything tastes like pennies. Aside from that, I’m on a roller coaster that only goes up, kid,” Gus answered. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

She twisted her face up as if it tasted nasty, but it didn't. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Blind white fish swam in the black river, but they tasted just as good as fish with eyes once you cooked them up. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You have no taste at all. I bet all you drink is kiddush wine.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Where’s your friend with the sensitive taste buds?” she says in a mocking whisper. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“I was wondering what the milk tastes like.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Mom jokes that it’s my diluted Mexican genes that make it taste soapy to me. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

His expression was a little too greedy for Leo’s taste. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It tasted as bad going down as it did coming up. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I cannot remember,” says Madame Hebrard, the postmistress, “what a proper plum tastes like.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Roza woke in the dark chill of her castle prison, the taste of honey on her lips. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The tea tasted great, then suddenly bitter, metallic. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

"You will have other suitors, my lady. We shall try and find you a prospect more to your taste." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Normally I’m not one to bend the rules, but how can I turn away a child with such splendid taste in clothing? However unintentional.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Convince me I never knew the sweet side of anything until I tasted her honey. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Hand has lost his tongue, it seems. He has no taste for sister’s stew, or truth.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“This tart tastes better than one I had the last time I was in London.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A sour, metallic taste was in her saliva and she swallowed it down. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next tasted like chocolate with a hint of peanut butter. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Seemed like everybody was having a sale on ketchup, which was a good thing because ketchup always made cafeteria food taste better. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She tossed it into her mouth, hardly tasting it before she chewed and swallowed. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It tastes of home and shining and fire all at once. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

It tasted like dirt and grass and a spice that made her eyes water, plus an unwelcome sweetness. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“It felt like grit in your teeth. The soup always smelled and tasted horrible, but we were all used to it,” Jack said. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Late sunlight glides through tall French windows, and the air tastes of silver polish. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I’m aware that my tastes are not fashionable, and so I pursue them in secret. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a wild, electrifying feeling, and once I get a taste of it, I’m hooked. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

It tasted of mulled blueberries and wild honey and afternoon sun. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I felt the blood run over my upper lip and then I could taste it. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

From simple things like tasting the weird foods first, to being in the front when they were walking through the woods. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

They put their snouts on the horn, sniffing and tasting the metal, scraping paws over the surface and then making highpitched yipping sounds to one another. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

‘I need smoke! I have not tasted it since the morning before the snowstorm.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And it gives me a bitter taste in my mouth. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

We seem to have even forgotten what real food looks and tastes like. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I tasted the salt of blood trickling down my cheeks. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She tasted the goats’ blood and spit it toward the ceiling, then she sampled the blood of many more creatures. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The inhabitants met them with kindness and gave them their flower-food to eat, but those who tasted it, only a few fortunately, lost their longing for home. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It smelled like compost and tasted like week-old sushi, no matter how many kinds I tried or how many steepings I did. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I'm sure it will taste fine,” Mother said. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

It smelled of barley, nutty and hot, and it tasted wonderful. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She had hunted out the seed shops to taste their lichees, various as wines, and bought a sack that was taller than a child to bedazzle the nieces and nephews. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tasted of urine and spleen, which made me spit. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Say! We have exactly the same tastes, don’t we?” he said. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Timett had chosen to retreat back up to the cellar after a brief taste of the cold below. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The sour taste in my mouth grows stronger. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She gnawed on her bottom lip until she tasted blood, until she could no longer see the three warriors. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I breathed like I read, slowly, sounding out each word, tasting the vowels, chewing on the consonants. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I wonder how it can eat those things and still taste good,” he said. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to get inside so badly I could taste it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She tasted like mint and cigarettes and it was, well, Ari, it was nice. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He sipped the bourbon; the power of it, the authoritative strong taste and scent, had become almost unfamiliar to him and he had trouble swallowing. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

And did they ever taste seasoning like in that stew? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

If Tennessee had a temperament, it took after the dark personality of the world, with a taste for arbitrary punishment. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Clerval had never sympathised in my tastes for natural science; and his literary pursuits differed wholly from those which had occupied me. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought so, despite her own rule Mother can’t help yearning for Father any more than I can help tasting ripe papaya in my sleep. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

"I'm allowed to give you a taste for free." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

It tasted dead, like a bit of old tree bark. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was round and orange, and it tasted even better than the sweet juice. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Either way, the water on her face tasted like salt. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

These kernels are hard to eat, but if you soak them in water for several hours you’ll find they taste like lightly corn-flavored starch. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I took a bite of the sandwich—it tasted better than anything I could possibly imagine—then touched my nose. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

For a snack, I tasted an apple for the first time. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He had never in his life tasted either. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It tasted delicate and floral, like one of those expensive rose-flavored cakes her mom brought back from her Paris trips. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Liked to wander in his fields, chat with his pickers, taste his berries, smack his lips, smoke his pipe, go to town for a sack of nails. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The bee droned over us again, pausing to taste the chestnut blossom above our heads. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Just as the taste of maple sugar faded along her tongue, she bent over, pushed back delicate leaves, and found masses of plump red little berries. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Before heading to the theater, we got dinner at a fancy soul food restaurant where I had the best cornbread I’ve ever tasted. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Not to question your taste in women, but you fancied . . . well. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

"Those greens you have give bulk, but their taste is ordinary." Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Make food taste good. Don’t you fret ’bout that. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Have you taught me to have good taste, Mama? Is that another trick of the trade I haven’t learned?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next time he saw him maybe he would even hang out with him a taste, rap to him about staying away from the roof, getting home early, and other good-doing stuff. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The experience had clearly chastened Mr Wormwood and he seemed temporarily to have lost his taste for boasting and bullying. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The taste of hot blood filled Jon’s mouth, and he knew that Ghost had killed that night. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Food tastes better in a clean house,” she always says. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The salt I wound up with was greasy and tasted so much like chemicals that it actually made me gag. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I hear a scream and clench my jaw harder, tasting blood. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I tasted it several Bites & then said I would not eat it more. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“They’re going to taste a lot worse with a broken jaw,” the manager called out. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that Styx had a taste for s’mores, he couldn’t let up. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Such meat grows tight in texture, smelling of meadows and tasting sweet. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Justice was always hungry for a taste of the world beyond the mountains. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I had noticed that Lula’s taste in literature had been tending away from the good old ripping yarns and toward the sticky romantic stuff. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Go on and try it. It tastes good.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She could taste the blood in her mouth. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Nhamo stuck her finger into the reserve clay and tasted it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smoke filled my mouth, warm and dry, with a taste like burnt maple. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

My mouth was dry and pasty, coated with a glutinous saliva as foul to taste as it was to smell. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He tried some more, but had to do the same thing again, for everything that the tree gave him tasted bitter in his mouth. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

‘As I am saying,’ the Giant went on, ‘all human beans is having different flavours. Human beans from Panama is tasting very strong of hats.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I got my mat ready for sleep, I still tasted the syrupy mango juice on my tongue. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Another year, there was only one kid in the whole class who didn’t taste the chemical stuff, and he got killed by a drunk driver the summer after his sophomore year. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Constitution—a battle that left a bad taste in the mouth for both sides. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Tyrion remembered the storm he’d suffered crossing the narrow sea, the way the deck had jumped beneath his feet, the hideous creaking sounds the ship had made, the taste of wine and vomit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Soon the taste of blood fills my mouth. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You are cold; you look miserable. The chocolate will soon be hot But would you rather have a taste of brandy? I have scarcely touched the bottle which you brought me for my cold.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she had discovered, with the very first toast, that she liked the sweet, cloying taste of the wine, even though it made her head buzz. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tasted it once, at a Fourth of July party when I was eleven, thinking it was a glass of apple cider. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

But the moment passes and my vindication, if that’s what this is, tastes sour. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was so enthralled that she barely tasted it. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

If this is all that atoms have, then the qualities that we perceive in the world—colour, taste, smell, sound, texture, temperature—must be by-products of size, shape and movement. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

To me, hummus in my mouth didn’t taste too healthy at all. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It is not, any more than sipping cola or rating chairs or tasting jam is easy. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Now Mama and Papa wanted us to taste com, peas, carrots, applesauce, and many other strange foods. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sadness overwhelmed her when she tasted the sweetness. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Mom chews the cane until she tastes the guarapo, the sticky syrup inside. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The oldest man in the room—he looks like he’s around seventy—says he married his first wife because her name tasted like peanut butter. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

It is warm and soothing to my throat but tastes of rotten weeds. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His sugared almond tasted of her name which seemed so quaintly improbable that he wondered if he had remembered it correctly. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then we all three ate ourselves nearly to oblivion on the best eggs and bacon I ever tasted in my life. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth still tasted of blood where he’d bitten his tongue, but a fire was burning to his right, the heat washing over his face, and he had never felt anything so good. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It left a bitter taste in my mouth. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I declare I never tasted anything so grand in my life,” she said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

And so, while Eddie V. went off on the chemical taste of soda in plastic bottles, Dell checked out a website that sold bobble-head baseball player dolls at very affordable prices. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

When Dee kisses me, the taste of her is enough to make me die right here on the spot. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Jon could taste the mockery there, but there was no denying the truth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The taste brought back to them the memory of fair faces, and laughter, and wholesome food in quiet days now far away. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know why, but after a day of the pickle, the bread and potatoes tasted good again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe tomorrow will be the day we taste true freedom. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Pear Drops were exciting because they had a dangerous taste. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If some crow wants to slip a knife between my ribs whilst I’m spooning up some supper, he’s welcome to try. Hobb’s gruel would taste better with a drop of blood to spice it.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Tentatively, he took an apricot and put it into his mouth as if he thought he would never in his life taste anything so delicious again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I press my lips together, tasting the cherry gloss, and stay silent. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I will hear the sound of seagulls, taste slumps and pie and homemade ice cream. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Dora is a great woman, a great big woman with flaming orange hair and a taste for Nile green evening dresses. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bought us cider at a nearby pub, using mine to wash down the nahlrout, trying not to grimace at the bitter, chalky taste. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I am a man of high taste,” he said in the most grandiose voice he could manage. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There is so much going on—cheese, spices, peas, and God knows what else—and it tastes like a foreign paradise. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

As usual they trade plates partway through the meal, but this time she doesn’t like the taste of his so she sticks to her own. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

This milk is thick and creamy, and its taste sweetens my tongue. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The special effects were a bit realistic for my taste, though. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A voice said, “Would you like to taste one?” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

You can taste the coming winter in the air. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to tell his grandfather that it tasted like liquid sugar. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The fires of spring had come to Ravenel in a rush, in a blaze of color and odor, and spring could be tasted everywhere in the bee-emblazoned gardens and the seed-gifted winds. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Craster wiped his drooping mouth with the back of a hairy hand 'Til taste your wine, Lord Crow, that I will. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And palindromes, with their perfect, satisfying taste: Draw a level award! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn't taste like anything, but it went straight down into my stomach like a sword swallower's sword and made me feel powerful and godlike. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Amil normally shoveled his food in so fast, I wondered how he tasted anything, but even he seemed to slow down and enjoy it. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Including one of my favorites. Crystal has good taste.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the stewardess approaches with her cart of beverages he tries his luck and asks for a Bloody Mary, tasting the metallic bite of alcohol for the first time in his life. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The taste of whipped cream and powdered sugar and the smooth calves of Herr Siedler’s wife. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Be thankful your special abilities don’t include taste,” said Ear, fanning the hot plates with his ears. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The smell and taste of the bacon had stimulated his appetite mightily, and he was still hungry. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Nurse Holyfleld listened to what I had done and then gave me a little paper cup with some mouthwash that tasted like the stuff my mom drinks. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m starved for a taste of good syrup after that imitation stuff they served at that hospital. Sort of watered-down mixture they had. Had it on pancakes last Sunday.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

When he was finally chased out of Athens in 307, Demetrius was a man of expensive tastes, few friends, and no patron. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

The cereal actually didn't taste too bad, but it had smelled just like his cot. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He drank the first off for thirst and poured a second one for taste. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Do you know I haven’t tasted a single one of the tarts?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I swallowed down the buildup of saliva, but it came back in an instant, harsh with the taste of stomach acid. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

That night while she was washing the supper dishes and Mary and Laura were wiping them, Ma told Pa that Laura had tasted the whey and didn’t like it. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Aunt March is a regular samphire, is she not?” observed Amy, tasting her mixture critically. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

For some attendees, whose career goals didn’t involve combat, it was a way to get a taste of what the combat experience feels like. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Ma, the sugar police, probably would’ve flipped if she tasted this! As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Ever since then, we know that those people who can make magic with their words, who can make poems and sagas and weave tales, have tasted the mead of poetry. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

His chest and lungs still felt tender and the taste of oil lingered in his mouth. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, good, because day-old sandwiches taste way better when you eat them in semidarkness.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I walk down the street and I feel good about it every day,” Miele, a gregarious figure with twinkling blue eyes and a taste for worn T-shirts and jeans, said of his neighborhood. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Problem is, you get a taste for that kind of money and it’s hard to go back to anything else. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I can taste salt on my tongue—I bet my tears somehow sucked back into my eyeballs and made their way down my throat. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

How long could I stand Florida, now that I’d had a taste of this peculiar life? Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to think about what I had left behind at the Stockyards, or who had seized me, or why the taste of chemicals lingered sweet and strange on my tongue. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But I make Peeta eat the remainder because I want to keep tasting things, and the idea of throwing away food, as I see so many people doing so casually, is abhorrent to me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

A successful dish, he will say, is one that “tastes like my mother.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Smells good, but let me see what this repath food taste like.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My lips pucker like I just tasted something sour. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

A bit overly dramatic and, like my parents, a little too paranoid for my taste. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Meggie still had the taste of the ice cream in her mouth as they knocked on the door of Fenoglio’s house. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

We had not brought food and so the only thing we had was water from the well, which tasted brackish. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wild had reclaimed the site, Jon had been told, but rangers claimed that the overgrown ruins were haunted by ghouls and demons and burning ghosts with an unhealthy taste for blood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Eratosthenes’ only tools were sticks, eyes, feet and brains, plus a taste for experiment. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t taste good or bad; she was beyond caring either way. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He waited impatiently, watching people come and go in the tall mirrors, tasting with anticipation that pleasure he had so often dreamed of. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, anyway,” Jesse went on, “the water tasted —sort of strange. But we camped there overnight. And Pa carved a T on the tree trunk, to mark where we’d been. And then we went on.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Huntsman brewed a bitter, dark tea that morning that she had never tasted before. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The sweet wine, the bitter herbs, she could almost taste them. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was when I was a kid, chasing my younger brother, Tommy The one in the city with better prospects and better taste in coffee tables than me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t taste a thing, I didn’t hear a word. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It stank so much that even standing by the door, Nathan could practically taste the alcohol. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The air tastes piney and sweet out here, so different from the city, which usually smells more like wet pavement and car exhaust. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Would you rather lose your sense of hearing or your sense of taste? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Oh my god, I forgot how good real food tastes. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything looked good to me, and I was wishing I was a judge so I could have a taste. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The taste of bitter metal and saliva flooded his mouth. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But she refused to taste the moonshine: she feared that it was poisoned. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“The rocket boys tell me you’re their favorite teacher, and I must say I’m impressed by their taste.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Stella asked, still sucking and smacking her tongue to get the bad taste out. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He thought about biting his way out, but he did not like the taste of nylon. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Sam tasted the water, and it seemed good enough. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He moved his head again, and tasted more dirt. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nausea rose in his belly so that there was the taste of vomit in his throat. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She had eaten well; she had tasted the good, rich wines, and they must have turned her head, for she bowed s withdrew from table. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

His breaths come faster and so do mine, and I taste the lemon-syrup-fizz we just drank and I smell the wind on his skin and all I want is more, more. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

At first she refused the food when Uma offered it, but seeing how disappointed she was she accepted the bacon and sucked on it quietly, remembering with pain the tastes of Barrow. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were learning how to kiss now, taking their time in the darkness, savoring the taste of another mouth, the shape of other lips. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But you gotta put them on a stick yourself—they taste better that way.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Chocolate normally was dull-brown crumbly stuff that tasted, as nearly as one could describe it, like the smoke of a rubbish fire. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Reek remembered the dungeons underneath the Dreadfort, the rat squirming between his teeth, the taste of warm blood on his lips. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The first morning ale had a fine mellow taste. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

This is because I like Indian food because it has a strong taste. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The skin tastes the air, and every deep- drawn breath is sweet. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I needed all the feelings to stop boiling like a pot of dal and be cool enough for me to taste them. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The iced tea was almost gone, and it had actually started tasting pretty good. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The wonderful tastes of ham and cheese and mayonnaise filled his mouth. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He purred with Gray under his silver mother’s rough tongue, tasted her warm milk, felt the weight of her chin resting over his newborn skull. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The taste came through her nose, too, in a funny way. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

They will be available to her from restaurants, brought up to the flat by servants, bearing a taste that after all these years she has still not quite managed, to her entire satisfaction, to replicate. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Everybody to his own taste,” Santa observed quickly. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagine the sweat on her and how I’d like to taste it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

There was the taste of salt and the heat of her breathing. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She had time now to enjoy the taste of her food. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trickle went down cool, though he could hardly taste it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Above her hung the two dozen framed flower prints she had selected and arranged with the greatest of taste and care. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I still feel my breath short. I should like to taste a freer air for a while.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

"It's funny," I said, "but ever since I became a mouse I've hated the taste of sweets and chocolate. So I don't think I'll get any holes." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Pure and unblemished souls must taste very bland, with an aftertaste of bitterness. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coating did taste quite like vanilla ice cream, and was just as refreshing. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Her expression was a mixture of the very young—when she first tasted the cola—and a kind of deep, sad wariness. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tangerine was very sour, I had a sharp, bitter taste in my mouth, and I had only just noticed it. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He could taste the ocean on his lips. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The Others take me, of course he hates fire, he’s tasted it too well. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Stroking its great fierce head, he lifted the heavy antennae, still moist and curled, and let the creature taste the flavor of his skin until it was entirely under his command. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

My throat is tight; my tongue is dry and tastes bitter. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“You are both wise and witty, Ophelia. Your words are saved and spent in good measure. Moreover, you are honest. I know you can be trusted not to gossip about my taste for romance.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It was the most delicious thing he’d ever tasted and seemed to heat every bit of him from the inside. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Ophie had experienced a taste of freedom, and now she was loath to give it up. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She looked sick, like her mouth would taste like the hospital. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Arthur is rather more to my taste. And Luke is a coward, I think.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“After a rain, maybe,” she said, and reached her tongue out, tasting the very edge. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Shadow tasted fear in the back of his throat, bitter as old coffee. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

His rosy face just now untucked itself, the whole moment marsupial, strangely wondrous that way, and I thought if I had tasted a family hunger all my life that this should be my daily bread. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first hot bite of freshly cooked rice, plump and nutty, makes me imagine the taste of ripe papaya although one has nothing to do with the other. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He wanted to scream at the doctor then, but the words choked him and he coughed up his own tears and tasted their salt in his mouth. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

For you did get a taste of oats when I could afford ’em, which no one can deny.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

"Take your bloody broth, then, but if the goat asks why it tastes so thin, you tell him." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She got dirt in her mouth but she didn't care, the taste was fine, the taste was mud and water and worms and life. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure there is anything better tasting in the world. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Stanley had never been one to leave food on his plate, no matter how it tasted. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

According to Madam, my surname was Lockton, but it tasted foul in my mouth. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they waited, it would taste even better. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

My TV dinner tasted like a commercial break. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He had tasted riches, passion and power, but for a long time he remained a Samana in his heart. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had finally found a safe place, had finally tasted love and hope. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I squeal, I can’t help it, and run outside to the courtyard to taste him in private like a cat with a stolen pullet. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had not read enough to have developed any taste in reading. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Perhaps so. But you must allow that I had the good taste to steal only from the best." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Neither proved very productive, and I ended up eating mouthfuls of slushy snow that left me shivering with the taste of tar in my mouth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Papa Andrew added the colored powder to our water when it tasted rancid. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Cake tasting sounds like something I’d be good at. Can I come?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I began to think Buddy had pretty poor taste. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“The papillae house the taste buds. Let’s count them!” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He looked at Kurleket, but the man was too dim to taste the mockery. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She eagerly bent down to drink and fill her jug, but as soon as Minli tasted the water she spit it out! Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

His jaw was on fire, he tasted acid. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But God, when her lips come apart, everything turns warm and her sugar sweet breath is in my mouth, and I probably taste like hot dogs but I don't care. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

But I’m not looking at the room—I am feeling her, tasting her, pressing against her as she’s pressing against me. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

On the march, through the hot days of early April, he carried the pebble in his mouth, turning it with his tongue, tasting sea salt and moisture. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not like American beer. Not that you’d know what that tastes like, right?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“The dried blood,” she said, sticking her finger in the glass and tasting it again. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They brought us chicken, but it tasted strange, probably from the hormones injected to make the birds fatter. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

There may have been more of it if Sarah had been cooking, but it wouldn’t have tasted any better. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He said when he came back, “The only times I’ve tasted it for years have been with you and Mr. Hamilton.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“An invitation will accomplish the same thing. Power tastes best when sweetened by courtesy. You had best learn that if you ever hope to rule.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Now this place tastes like the arena, too. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I try swallowing some, and it doesn't taste as bad as seawater, but it definitely isn't good to eat. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He poured me a glass of water from the carafe he kept handy to rinse away the taste of his experiments. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Momentarily and unaccountably, I wondered what the bat guano would taste like. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We landed, to lie down in that place two days and nights, worn out and sick at heart, tasting our grief. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood on that burnt-up field with the taste of ashes in my mouth, ashes in my eyes, on my hair and my dress, all stained and tarnished. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bark tasted good—like raw beans—and gave her the illusion she was eating as well as working. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came to one of the fragments, sniffed it and tasted it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bread was hard to cut and tasted of mold. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They will not have tasted much of it up in those stony hills of theirs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I hope one day I get to taste one of your recipes. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I lean in close enough to taste her breaths, but pull back when she leans in, teasing. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“How do you get that taste in there?” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth full of the taste of muscadine, listening to the pine needles rustling loudly in their anticipation of rain. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first the water had a rub­bery taste, but quickly the rain rinsed the catcher and the water tasted fine. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Each time he gasped, pain gripped his chest and the thick sweet taste of blood filled his mouth. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Lying there in the dark with the uncanny taste of a peach from some phantom orchard fading in his mouth. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

My social media pages were already full of unsavory comments from people who had a problem with everything about me from my hijab to my taste in movies. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Words don't come to life until you can taste them on your tongue.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

When she described sharing freshly squeezed sugarcane juice and spicy samosa plates with her girlfriends in vivid detail, I could almost taste them. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Shepherd was an acquired taste: He told tales in novelistic form about his childhood in the Midwest, his life in the army, and his adult misadventures in New York City. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I could taste the salty breeze from the ocean on my tongue as we got closer to home. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I had to admit my Noodle-o-Pak Spicy tasted extra nice that high up in the trees. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He drank from it, and it tasted like what it was, ice-cold lemonade; and welcome, too, because the night air was hot. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tale is typical of the Alexandrian poets, tender, a little soft, but always in exquisite taste. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The count decorated it according to his personal taste, with a decadent, ambiguous refinement that startled Blanca, accustomed as she was to country life and her father’s classical sobriety. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any huge and boisterous surge of energy and enthusiasm there must be errors and miscalculations, even breach of judgment and taste. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other two empousai circled Percy, their mouths slavering, ready for another taste. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She looks at her fancy kitchen like it’s something that tastes bad. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Like “lips touching, me tasting her strawberry lip gloss, her probably thinking my breath smells like hot dogs” kissed. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

His hand ached, and the taste of anger was in his mouth, though he could not have said who he was angry with or why. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But the sorrow was still so palpable; she could almost taste it. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It was hot that day, in a season so dry our tongues went to sleep tasting dust and woke up numb. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could taste the “yes” in the air, apparently. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

His taste for colors and fabrics was impeccable. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ate breakfast without tasting the food, hurrying to clean up when I was done. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s a flying dream, except it tastes salty. You don’t have to be afraid of us. Were the nice kind of rich people.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every person, black or white, has five senses: taste, touch, sight, hearing, and smell. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls jumped down from their seats on the big windowsill to taste. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Eight Treasure Duck," the old man murmured to himself, licking his lips as if he were tasting the savory flavors. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Everything looks and tastes so real that I do not know it is a dream. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They tasted bad and that taste stayed with me for hours after taking them. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet his win leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I could do what Ariana did—bake a couple of small batches with different amounts of sugar, so I could see which one tasted the best. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She had decorated it herself, following the whims of her imagination and taking her customers’ taste into account. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thoughts and feelings are free to wander, like characters leaving their books to taste life in other stories. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I wanted to see new — and old — sights, taste different foods, speak with all manner of people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If it tastes bad, it’s good for you.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tangy taste of pomegranate crept into my mouth. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He remembers the acrid odor of flames, the buzzing of flies, children crying, the taste of dust and blood on his tongue. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had sucked all the bones, and he imagined that the taste of Olanna’s mouth was in his as he started to wash the dishes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But then the tears came back again all the same, and Meggie fell asleep with the salty taste of them on her lips. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The taste of blood was on his tongue, and his ears rang to the song of the hundred cousins. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The two of them just existed, and the days were slow and tasted of coconut. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

"They taste better than anything I've eaten," I mumble through a mouthful. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It was that the entire principle of a blind taste test was ridiculous. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“It tastes good, but it also tastes a little bit like being in jail.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even the Pigman and I tried one of the chocolates, which tasted a little like candy with crispy rice. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Rather than find out what temptation tasted like, my mother sought stability. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Every time he’d come over she’d tell me, “You watch out for that boy, he’s a little too sneaky for my tastes.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The world was starting to spin again and the taste of throw-up in my mouth wasn’t making me feel any better. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

To this she’d answered affectionately, as she tasted it herself, “What do you know?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her bowl was empty, though she could scarce re-member tasting the porridge. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell him I was sorry, but suddenly I was salivating, the back of my throat tasting bile. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had lots of time to cook and try mixing different plants with different meats to make things taste better— and I must say I originated some excellent meals. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she sat down at the table and picked up the crystal goblet and drank; it tasted like wine, but it was sweeter and lighter than any wine she had ever drunk before. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were fourteen students in the class, and each one of us, with the exception of Danny, sooner or later tasted that silence personally. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She rubbed the space under the Madonna’s eyes, then tasted her fingertips, the way a person tests for salt in salt water. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She closes her eyes like this is the most delicious thing she’s ever tasted. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, they are, sometimes,” said Mrs. Corry gleefully, “and very good they taste, too. I often nibble ’em myself, if I can’t sleep at night. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The pancakes looked normal, but they tasted curiously flat. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, they were sweet with just a tiny tang and he picked and ate and picked and ate and thought that he had never tasted anything this good. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Theon could taste bile at the back of his throat, and his stomach was a nest of snakes twining and snapping at each other. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We ate conch chowder all the time, but for some reason it tasted better than ever. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I can still taste her blood mingled with the sea salt. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was scared they were going to taste like bacon, because that's how Ma had me cooking them—but they still tasted like turkey. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I drink grape Freshie, which does not taste like grapes but like something you might use to kill insects, and wonder when we’re going to leave for the north. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

"A man could use another taste of beer. A man has a thirst, wearing these heavy bracelets." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"Then why do I have this bitter taste in my mouth?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I'm preparing to compliment his taste, but Ollie answers before I need to. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Despite my nervousness—and the speed with which I ate—I could hardly believe how rich and fine it tasted, filled with savory things I had never eaten and could not name. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

These withered bodies had long forgotten the bitter taste of tears. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I downright hate the bland green flavor of dandelion broth, the taste of which rises in my mouth without warning. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

His taste for tasseled loafers and seersucker shorts was seeping into him. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I feel. . . full,” Tiara said, tasting the word, which seemed as delicious as the fruit. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“True: yet I should scarcely fancy Mr. Rochester would entertain an idea of the sort. But you eat nothing: you have scarcely tasted since you began tea.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It may have been out of taste, but that gave me an opportunity, and I used it, to preach them a quick little sermon on America’s racism, and its evils. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to love these, with their mixture of nutmeg and molasses, but now all I could taste was the weird rush of sugar, the tang of chemicals. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She handed Ash the wineskin and Ash took a drink, and it was the taste of ripened grapes in the sunlight. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tasted the heavy cream and I thought: Ugh, this must be how milk tastes in America! How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But a taste for luxury goods did not stop Gross, an accountant, from scoffing as David paid thirty dollars for a box of Godiva chocolates for his wife. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Finally he reached out a long tongue to lick and taste it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had tasted what to me was life, and I would have more of it, somehow, someway. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he tasted any salt on my face he didn’t say a word. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“As if that mattered. Men are like baboons. If one mango tastes good, two must be better. Or three, or ten. They eat until they have to lie on the ground clutching their stomachs!” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His throat tasted of bloody iron and there was rusted steel in his feet. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I could think of now was the almost bitter taste of the bubbles popping against my tongue, the crunch and numb swallow of ice cubes, condensation accumulating on textured plastic until it dripped. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

"No wonder it had a nasty ratty taste. If you're not careful, the Health people will be ordering the entire hotel to be closed before everyone gets typhoid fever." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I still tasted tears in my mouth, still felt snot running from my nose. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I had tried plenty of cholent since washing up on Maxwell Street, and no matter the difference in taste or ingredients, it always reminded me of Shabbos mornings. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I stared at a tree on the opposite bank, where the roots were exposed and twisted, and felt a metallic-dry taste rise from the back of my throat and slide over my tongue. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could almost taste the anger on my tongue. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Timothy had tried to make a stew from seaweed but it tasted bitter. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s creamy raspberry mixed with a familiar taste I can’t put my finger on. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Pycelle moved so slowly that Tyrion had time to fin-ish his egg and taste the plums—overcooked and watery, to his taste—before the sound of wings prompted him to rise. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Ever since the House of Hades when he’d resigned his praetorship, ambrosia and nectar didn’t taste like his favourite foods from Camp Jupiter. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The bananas didn’t taste good at all, because there was no salt or any other ingredients, but we ate every single bit, just to have something in our stomachs. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

In his opinion this takes some doing, as the stuff is weaker than shampoo and tastes like it into the bargain. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

One by one he sampled each item, tasting first the flour, sugar, and baking soda. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“You taste strange, but only because I don’t know you. Hold on.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

This logician would be unbearably pedantic, but there is a grain of good taste in the pedantry. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“It’s an acquired taste,” Mr. Patterson said, taking back his can. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

For the rest of her life she will recall the shock of that warm, sour liquid, a taste that leaves her unable to swallow another thing for the rest of the day. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It slices above my right eyebrow, opening a gash that sends a gush running down my face, blinding my eye, filling my mouth with the sharp, metallic taste of my own blood. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

His mouth tasted salty, and there was a great ache of anger in his shoulders. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I cringe, imagining the bitter taste of apple seeds, and follow him. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but it tasted just fine. We had it all the time. It was good.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can already taste the blood where his ring cut my lip and I don’t wanna know. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It tasted of the cabbage Eye had allowed to spoil at the back. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sandwich tastes fantastic, and the milk after it is even better. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His strength returned, but the brownie ambrosia tasted more bitter than usual, as if it somehow knew that Jason was turning his back on Camp Jupiter. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I’m sure the food was great, but I couldn’t taste it. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m so glad I tasted your sea salt caramel before ordering,” Mom says, glancing back at me. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“The American public got a slight taste of the fear which overshadows the people of Europe constantly.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The taste wasn’t bad, but they had this weird slimy texture that I couldn’t get over. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Mack tasted his—a big taste—and refilled his glass. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could taste the foul water, feel the burns on his skin. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Everything else melted away except for the taste, the smell, the feel of the fruit on my tongue. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We start out chaste, just lips touching, tasting, but soon we can’t get enough. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

"So how do you like the taste of your victories now, Lord Snow?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Ariana said, “We modified our spice cake recipe. That’s why we have to taste all of these cupcakes to see if the new flavor works.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Ernie seemed just as worried but lifted the fork straight to his mouth and tasted it anyway. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was as if some scientist today discovered that he could get a potato to produce a substance that tasted just like chocolate. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

People say peaches taste better when they come in a glass jar. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It stood there with its head up and a haughty look in its eyes; it waited until Harley was under the elm tree before it tasted the water. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

But the Tillermans ate in absolute silence, in huge bites, barely tasting what they chewed before they swallowed it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sweetness did not quite conceal a taste of disinfectant. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The beer was not good and I had a worse cognac to take the taste out of my mouth. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

In Cuba, the air seemed to taste sweeter, as if there were mangoes growing nearby or your mother had just cooked your favorite dish. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

My mouth is dry and tastes like I’ve been chewing the soles of old Nikes. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

His tastes in music, movies, TV, and drama are as modern as can be. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Forty-seven years, and the taste still lingered in his memory, yet he could not have said what he had supped on ten days ago if all seven kingdoms had depended on it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It seemed to him that Billy was in abominable taste, supposed that Billy had gone to a lot of silly trouble to costume himself just so. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The roots of this flower are very good if you boil them long enough to remove the peppery taste. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bade Demeter be seated and herself offered her honey-sweet wine, but the goddess would not taste it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Take a chaw of garlic, whipping boy. It'll improve the taste considerable." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Just a taste, if you would be so kind." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The next word tasted foul on her tongue. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She told him that in the Renaissance the most famous dukes were known for their aesthetic taste and patronage of the arts, and this idea appealed to him. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I need to taste one of your apples.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

You could stick your finger in the river water and lick it and you could taste the salt from the Bay. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

After five attempts, he’s momentarily startled, tasting his own blood from his nose and mouth. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

People always say that it tastes like chicken. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ma, let me have a taste! There’s almost a quarter of a pot of it!” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though it wasn’t even the end of June, we tasted the first sweet corn of the season. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It was evening here, too, and she sat down to breathe the air and rest her limbs and taste the wonder without rushing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“This is different. My first taste was with my dad. I’ll not take that away from his dad. That moment is sacred. No beer for him.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

When their territory increased, which happened under Carmagnola, the Venetians had a taste of this mistake. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Carmen knew he loved the taste of the thick, sticky syrup. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

“It’s a cheap brand of Chinese tobacco, and it has an unpleasant taste.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The paper tasted like the bubble gum he had once saved and chewed for five days; it was just as tasteless and only slightly harder. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held the bowl to my lips and tasted a small drop. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

When Fleur Delacour too had vanished into the side chamber, silence fell again, but this time it was a silence so stiff with excitement you could almost taste it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

"So you say, but your body shows no signs of it. How shall it be proven? Before I believe you, I shall need to see your breasts grow ripe, and taste your mother's milk." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I bite the sandwich, tasting sweet pickle in the tuna. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Like a man reborn, he wanted to test and taste each thing now to see how it went; like a man risen up well from a long illness, he felt deep and wayward whims. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tangy and cold, the taste of my first- ever holiday with Tom, a fishing village on the Basque coast in 2005. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could almost taste in his mouth the memory of Mr. Bromios's best ale, although he realized, with a guilty start, he had forgotten the color of Victoria Forester's eyes. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

She raised up on tiptoe and gave me a cool, soft kiss that tasted of Popsicles. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

‘He restricts my powers. This storm above? I haven’t had this much fun in ages, yet it is only a small taste of what I can do!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She was supposed to drink dittany tea sweetened with molasses, but it tasted too horrible. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe, he thought, maybe it tasted like chicken. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought so. I’ve heard it’s an acquired taste in animals. So why did you kill them?” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He swallowed down the sour taste of firewater. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The sharp taste of grime lingered in his mouth. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

His dad took a sip from a bottle of water, then spat out the water after tasting it. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He walked across the land until he caught the taste of the sea, carried across the flat, marshy fields on a freshening breeze. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I used to have that about books. Secretly feeling that your taste is superior.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Together, they sat on the weed-choked temple floor and shared a chocolate bar, which tasted better than anything Jen could remember. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She sighed, "i say it tastes like folly, but what would a dry maid know of such things?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And if the early Martin Luther King, Jr., was a bit too radical for their tastes, they viewed the Royal Ice Cream Parlor sit-ins led by Douglas Moore with something akin to horror. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I had a taste of that alternative when they called Prim’s name on reaping day and I watched her walk to the stage to her death. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Mashed potato,” she said, as Sitti carefully tasted it, and smiled. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

All she could think of was the sweet, burnt taste of the parem. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Mr. Rolf, unmarried and simple in his tastes, closed up most of the house, but when Aron needed a place to study he gave him a large room and helped him with his studies. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

If Xan had her human nose and her human taste buds, the sausage would have smelled delicious. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

With Curt, she became, in her mind, a woman free of knots and cares, a woman running in the rain with the taste of sun-warmed strawberries in her mouth. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He placed a handful of them in his mouth, and was surprised to find that they tasted like walnuts. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, he could taste the honey, he decided. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

But even his taste in music is offbeat. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It's crazy, that's what it is," the mother said angrily: "Anyhow, this diet took over. When her sister got married, Sandi wouldn't even taste the wedding cake, taste!" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Instead I tasted and smelled the acridness of tin plates and cups designed for tea parties that bored me. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it tasted roughly like coffee ice cream, I drank it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“The thing is, no one really knows what you can or can’t taste, right? So even if you don’t taste something, you can still act like you do. You know what I mean?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Percy’s mouth tasted like Iris’s sour green tea. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I sit up tasting blood and the world waves so much it nearly knocks me over again. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The little Puerto Rican boy was supposed to get a taste and King's friend was supposed to get a taste. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even when those horses are walking slow they’re still too fast for my taste. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

My taste buds are doing backflips, especially because I emptied the contents of my stomach back at the pool. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It tasted bitter, but he figured it was supposed to taste that way. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The soup is orangey-red and has a flavor, but the letters themselves taste like nothing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to be amused by the fickle nature of clients’ tastes; it was part of the job, and if he got exasperated every time someone changed their mind, he’d never survive. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Still tasting Zion’s spicy chicken, sitting beside Coach, I realize I’m happy. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mr. Hoo said the tea tasted funny, maybe they had all been poisoned. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drank the orange juice, but even though she knew she would like it she could not bring herself to taste the hot chocolate. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Watching me, like he expected me to ask for a taste. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Don’t be so obtuse. Did they taste good?” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Blades and blows and booby traps were well enough in their way, but a vial of clear liquid, any trace of taste or odor gone when it was admixtured with food, that was Septimus's metier. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Charlise says that farm-to-table means that the chicken is supposed to still be clucking when it’s on your plate and the vegetables taste like wet soil. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I still regret that I never got to taste . Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He told it with a self-congratulatory tone, as if her difference reflected his own good taste. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Quincy, do I taste blue cheese in here?” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Her teeth squeaked and her mouth tasted minty. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This tastes pretty nice after the third glass,” Hughie said loyally. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the first taste of oats ’n honey, I fall into “The Life You Save May Be Your Own.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The taste was so cloying that it was all he could do to keep it down. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Pomodoro glances up at my stone tower and moves his lips around as if he is tasting them from the inside and says, “Of course.” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was a common practice for chemists of the time to use the sense of taste as an analytic tool. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the richest, creamiest chocolate she had ever tasted. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Nan’s selection of remnants was a little flashy for my tastes, but I figured she hadn’t come to hear my advice. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“I hope this fog finally gives up,” she said, sighing as the taste of the batter hit her tongue. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He ate in the back of the store, alone, chewing sandwiches that tasted like cardboard in his dry mouth. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He called out to his fellow monks, ‘Come quickly: I am tasting the stars.’ The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The tune hung empty over my ears; the words tasted stale in my mouth. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The rainwater tastes so sweet, I would think it had honey in it. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was real and it tasted very good. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I cannot for the life of me remember what we talked about, but I can still taste the delicious warm scones that she brought out to me in the afternoons. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a real lass, and it did not taste like chicken. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

In her autobiography, Elizabeth described Bayard as “a tall, fully developed man, remarkably fine looking, with cultivated literary taste and a profound knowledge of human nature.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It tasted as bright and golden as it looked. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

That left a bad taste in his mouth as well. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Barrett says it’s important to make sure that when we describe things in a piece of writing, we appeal to all of the five senses: sight, smell, sound, taste, and touch. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But for most of us, chemists have more to say about how we satisfy that taste than do overseers. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I could taste it then, just as plainly as I felt the air move as Liam lifted the man clear off the ground with a wave of his hand. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Will he spare a life here today if the food is to his taste, Citra wondered? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I have no desire for power, no taste for politics, and no skill in base flattery.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Then came the anger, boiling up in the back of his throat until he was like to choke upon the taste. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Lady Catherine continued her remarks on Elizabeth’s performance, mixing with them many instructions on execution and taste. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I wondered why she didn’t pour herself a glass of tea, then remembered that there seemed to be an unspoken rule that she could cook our food but never taste it. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cracklings were very good to eat, but Laura and Mary could have only a taste. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your mother has excellent taste in dresses,” said the tailor. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

All he could taste was the pervasive and consuming despair, like soot on his tongue. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“If you find, your baachan cook and you have first bite. Worth many money. Nothing else taste same. Ah, I should not say, since I never eat. But I have many imagination.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He tasted like tobacco and salt and the whole experience was very wet. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ate until his palate was dulled by the taste and then rewrapped the crate and placed it on the rack above him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It tasted both sweet and tangy, and the texture was silky. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I roll the seeds on my tongue—they are hard and have no taste. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a taste of something else in my mouth, too, an old stubbornness. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a sweet, sticky taste on the end of the pipe. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He filled two thimble-sized tasting cups, pouring so deftly he did not spill a drop. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Glittering black eyes searched the night, a forked tongue tasted the air, the small living plants appeared to shudder as the long scaly body brushed by them, trailing its way along. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Second, oak trees evolved to make nuts of a size and taste suitable for squirrels, which we’ve all seen burying, digging up, and eating acorns. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

While the Islamic world was spreading and absorbing new knowledge, enjoying the taste of sugar, Europe had gone the opposite way: isolation. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

He takes a little taste now and then, but it’s no big thing. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“They will give us a taste of fresh meat that we all crave,” Cherrie wrote in his diary. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The portion was smaller than the last she’d tasted, but her belly still rumbled at the smell of it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The rocking of the deck beneath his feet made his stomach heave, and the wretched food tasted even worse when retched back up. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Our next-door neighbors’ names, the way the house smelled, what school was like, the holidays, the taste of icing on birthday cakes. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Good taste was out of place in the company of death, death itself was the essence of bad taste. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But when she opened the Baggy and took a sniff and poked her finger in and tasted a pinch and had Primitiva do the same, they were flabbergasted. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Luke ripped open my presents, tasted the icing before the cake was cut, and as he blew out my candles, he spit all over everything—spoiling every aspect of my party. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

His present companion was more to his taste. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She was asleep and dreaming of her mother, the queen, who was holding out a spoon to her and saying, “Taste this, my sweet Pea, taste this, my darling, and tell me what you think. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He had a habit of attributing all of Bunny’s faults indirectly to her—his laziness, his bad humors, his lapses of taste. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You could eat out of my bowls. Don’t they have those things—people tasting cheese and wine together?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time in my life, I swallowed chocolate without tasting. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The rest of us, who were snobs about such things, had thought this a shameful taste, akin to his taste for King Dons and Hostess Twinkies. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The smell, in particular, but also the numerous varieties of texture and taste. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time I took another sip it tasted more and mere like dead water. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I want to take all of our trip back home with me—every moment, conversation, taste, and scent—even though I know I can’t. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Besides, our mayor, Madge's father, doesn't seem to have much taste for such events. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

While Abby seemed nice enough, it turned out we had different taste in extracurricular activities, and houses too. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Gingerly, I tasted it, letting the coolness of the water sit on my tongue while I decided if it was okay to let the girls have some. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

And you taste the rust of it and it makes you sick. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Of course it’s not lovely. My father has obscene taste in jewelry,” she said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Not yet. I will, I promise. I hope this tastes good,” she said, planting the steaming pot on top of the Jesus trivet. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

To have been granted so tiny a taste of the nectar of her mouth, and so brief a brush with the velvet of her lips was unspeakable cruelty. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I also drink an entire bottle of Coca-Cola, which I normally don’t even like, but it tastes so much better here. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I could taste the salty sweat that ran from my forehead to my lips. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Well, if I have to choose between the two, the Summa proof is stronger. The other’s a bit slippery for my taste. Rather convenient.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Even so, the selling left a foul taste in his mouth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They had the best homemade ice cream—so good that she once splatted just to get another taste of it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

‘And you can have chocolate as well. Chocolate tastes even better than cacao beans because it’s got milk and sugar added.’ Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Chantal tries to come in, too, but I only let her taste the rice and beans since that was her one request. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I took a sip of water; it tasted stale. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could taste the hate in his stomach—it was acid, foul, burning. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She chewed the way she would chew something that actually tasted good. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But before you disparage it, you have to taste just how hungry these kids are to escape the lower end of the middle class and move up. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Instead, I head upstairs imagining what a Bundt cake tastes like. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

What I tasted was a whole lot of cheese. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

They tasted wonderful, with some of the sweetness in them as if it had gone right through the shells. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

We awakened from this to find neighboring friends arriving; they brought a large pot of chili con carne, made from a family recipe, the best I have ever tasted. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was astonished at how good everything tasted. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A taste of honey might sweeten the boy, he hoped. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I hung up with a bad taste in my mouth—I realized it wasn’t Warren’s poetry that would take me to Margo. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

How wonderful those tomatoes tasted after days of crackers and refried beans! Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

The cook, placed upon her mettle, served a delicious repast—a luscious tenderloin broiled k point The wine tasted good; the marron glac£ seemed to be just what she wanted. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her skin is soft and tastes like salt, like a night run. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The likeness was good—a little too good for his taste. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Something new rose in my throat, and it tasted strongly of acid. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Every time I eat guava fruit here in India, I remember your mother’s guava pastry that you gave me to taste once in the cafeteria. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

She felt more than tasted it, coldness running down her throat. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Water from the system—the first water system in the United States—was sweeter tasting and had no offensive odor. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Once the taste of earth had settled his heart rate, he decided it was time to implement his escape plan. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She watched as he held the leaf to his own mouth and tasted it with a puzzled, uncertain look. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Like the rest of her day, this meal tasted brutal and serious. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She had one rule to keep us safe from toadstools and such: “If it tastes good, it’s bad for you,” she said. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother sometimes made chicken, but it was always out of packets or frozen, and was very dry, and it never tasted of anything. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

She munched, decided the plant might taste better if cooked, and went to the pond for water. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you imagine a country that makes a wine because it tastes like strawberries,” he said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Those dreams flitted through his consciousness like the taste of a forgotten food. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He counts out loud, and it turns out that I’m short a few taste buds. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It tasted pretty good, and I decided that if this was my immunization, I wouldn’t mind more. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tim B, the lead guitarist, had given her a beer, but she didn’t like the taste and only took a few sips to be polite. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

She liked this—liked being kissed by him, liked the smell and the taste and the feel of him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A freshly picked non-organic vegetable is bound to taste better than one that’s been riding in a truck for three days. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

They crouched as close to the fire as they could, eating a supper of dried fruit and hard, round crackers that tasted, ingeniously, of cheese. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We have already seen that plant domestication involves the modification of wild plants so that they become more useful to humans by virtue of larger seeds, a less bitter taste, or other qualities. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted so much to put his hand around the nape of her neck and pull her into him and taste her mouth, full and soft in the darkness. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Sweetie Pie came in and I gave her a Littmus Lozenge, and she spit it right out; she said that it tasted bad. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

But there was no salt; it didn’t taste very good, but it wasn’t seawater. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mr. Landau, seventh-grade science teacher, has unrolled a beaten-up poster of the ignorant tongue map, and he’s explaining about how people have misunderstood the science of taste since the beginning of time. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Jesus knows our sorrows. He tasted them. He drank from the bitter cup.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He was about thirty pounds lighter then, a constant grin on his face, a man tasting the full feast of youth. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The crow pushes its head into my mouth and I bite hard, tasting something foul. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I mean, it was inevitable that Laleh would acquire a taste for Star Trek—eventually. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Jo would turn up her naughty nose at some of the finest, because she has no soul for art, but I have, and I’m cultivating eye and taste as fast as I can. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunty Silver offers me a fluffy white rice cake, which tastes like a salty cloud. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Light snow touches the glass, an early taste of winter, and melts within seconds. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It didn't taste like it smells, and it needled my throat. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A taste so powerful and necessary that stallions galloped miles and days for it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not to mention your calling me Mr. Pip,—which appears to me to be in bad taste, Biddy,—what do you mean?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

When Immie looked at her expectantly, she added: “Every day there’s time to actually see the sky, and to taste what I’m eating. There’s room to stretch out. No work, no expectations, no adults.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“When I eat something out of a metal bowl, it tastes different afterwards.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

They’re older, and they have the hangdog look I associate with the folks who came up enslaved, who never knew a taste of freedom until it was too late for them to properly embrace it. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Everyone knows that she hopes the taste test will reveal that she and Gabe are destined to fall in love and be together forever. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The boys’ mouths taste of cigarettes and salt, their skin smells like Old Spice after-shave. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She said that it tasted like not having a dog. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even children’s art is subject to the taste and outlook of the society that shapes his or her personality. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them even tasted like baked goods, like blueberry muffins and banana nut bread. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She was surprised when it tasted real, not like dream food should have tasted, but she ate little of it, much to Gitl’s annoyance. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wiped my hands and laughed in despair, the taste of blood welling with the words. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And then a tongue, tasting his arm, his shoulders, and then—his cheek! Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

The water was cool but not icy, and it had an unpleasant taste, at once bitter and oily, or so they would have said at home. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

At the end of Harper Avenue they stopped and both ate an M&M, agreeing that the color blue had a rare and mysterious taste. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

From the packaging to the taste, fast food is designed to be eaten quickly. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Thanks, you have great taste in books too. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I have it on good authority that it tastes like chicken, but as I’ve never had chicken before, I can’t really say how true that is.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It was all action and reaction, the way her lips were salty and she tasted like root beer. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I said, “If I was a Negro girl—” He placed his fingers across my lips so I tasted his saltiness. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She helped me climb out and handed me a cold bottle of water—nothing in my whole life had ever tasted so good. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He had only enough time to observe that there was someone beside him before something wet was forced over his nose and mouth, and he tasted harsh, chemical fumes. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

And hey, in a weird way, being hungry makes food taste better. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“This is the best, most original chicken salad I’ve ever had the pleasure of tasting.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In the same room with the fingerprints they’re handing out pieces of paper; you’re supposed to taste them and say whether they taste bitter, like peach pits, or sour, like lemons. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I could taste the rework,” she said and made another face. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

But for now, the only thing I knew for sure was that purple jelly beans tasted way better than bran cereal. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Then they took the last step together, and when she kissed her, her mouth as warm as summer, the taste of her sweet and clear, she knew, at last, that she was home. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet when Palmer reached for it, tried to taste it, it was not there. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

"And remember what I said, this is only a taste. If you ever grow tired of Lady Arryn's service, present yourself at easterly Rock, and I'll pay you the rest of what I owe you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I sat in a corner for the rest of the night, drinking cup after cup of pop to get the salty, metallic taste of his blood out of my mouth. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Me: Dad: “It tasted a bit watery, so I kept adding thickener. I put in some corn and peas.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

In exchange for his first taste of powdered milk, Pascal showed me a tree we could climb to find a bird’s nest. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Precious will be angry. I shall take Precious, and I shall say: make him swallow the bones and choke. Never taste fish again. Come, Precious is waiting!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The sense of being the custodian of this small patch of earth offered a small taste of freedom. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kissed him on the mouth, I bit his lower lip as hard as I could; I could taste his blood in my mouth. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘But the others will be whiffling off to all sorts of flungaway places like Wellington for the booty flavour and Panama for the hatty taste. Every giant is having his own favourite hunting ground.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It tasted of blood and birth, and of the world upon which we had walked together for a little space. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Starting around 1150, the six Champagne fairs became the one place where Europeans could buy and sell products from the surrounding world—a first step in connecting them to the riches and tastes beyond. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

He only tasted the food and with each mouthful he swallowed hard. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When I asked Isaac if the new nuggets tasted more like chicken than the old ones, he seemed surprised by the question. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The dry dust got in his mouth and tasted like lime and grease. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hair is white and his teeth are rotten, hut he still has a taste for glory. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Miss Granger, a plain but ambitious girl, seems to have a taste for famous wizards that Harry alone cannot satisfy. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Unferth hated the taste of himself, but he had to have it. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is it the crunch? Couldn’t be the taste.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

After about a week, it started to gel and I got my first taste of being a cog in the machine. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a taste on them of salt and of the fresh sweetness of rainwater. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on, otters! Give them back a taste of their own medicine!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

There's no reason whatsoever to drink eight glasses of water a day unless you, for whatever reason, particularly like the taste of water. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

When he sucked up the great bead of blood, it tasted sweet, and metallic. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Even in the Red Keep, the air tasted of ashes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Her mind ran quickly back to the reddish dust of the road that led to Ziavi, the shrieking of the blue turaco birds at dawn, the taste of her mother’s groundnut stew. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dog-wanting became so bad I began to lose weight and my food didn’t taste good any more. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It tastes like sweetened lime juice and goes down smoothly. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He flared his nostrils, smelled the air, pulled the air along the sides of his tongue in a hissing sound and tasted it, but there was nothing. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then he made the warriors taste all of the food to make sure it wasn’t poisoned. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Got a taste for anything?” her mom asked. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Actually, I tasted it before I smelled it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“The midday is over. I must run or I’ll taste that foreman’s stick.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I’m wondering what I taste like as her tongue slips into my mouth. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He had not tasted cheese since his father died. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Marchantas come up to offer us their wares and, tempted by a sample taste of a small, sweet orange, we buy a whole sack of them, already peeled and cut in half. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We ate quickly because of the heat, because even the soup tasted like sweat. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

"I thought men were more to your taste." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The ones that tasted like the box they came in. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He found a sack of some kind of small dried red fruits and tasted one. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have good taste,” Karen said to her older brother. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, now we know the tackiness of your taste also affects your taste buds,” she said. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She held my face in one sticky hand, and the other was stretched behind her, as if she were seconds away from smacking the taste buds out my mouth. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Coffee has a special taste of a frosty morning, and the third cup is as good as the first. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had tasted freedom, come so close to it, and now— Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“This is the best avocado I have tasted in a long time,” Chief Okonji said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“The only thing keeping my taste buds alive is that tomorrow is Friday.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

When I saw Sam and Patrick at school today, they both agreed that my mom has very good taste in clothing. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I sipped the liquid and managed not to make a face at the awful, greasy taste. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cornmeal mush tasted sweet; his stomach did not cramp around it like it did with other food. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

This latter distinction was made on the curious premise that Africans did not naturally like bread, which was a more sophisticated or “Western” taste. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was one of his favorite bands, but they used a little too much bass and shrieking for my tastes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

My dream was someday ordering a drink and finding out it tasted wonderful. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Hot chocolate with fresh, sweet milk tasted different than a cup where the cream had been taken out of the milk first. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your lips still taste of salt and soot. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But his tastes could not compete with the pull from the world outside our family. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

In addition, he is continually amazed by how much Maxine emulates her parents, how much she respects their tastes and their ways. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Who wanted potato chips that tasted like pickles? Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He had always been a man of simple tastes. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sauce is really good, and there’s a lot of it, so I barely taste the thin pieces of tofu. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was February now, but the cookies tasted fine. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

An unpleasant taste bloomed in my mouth now as I bit the end of the yam and threw it into the street; it had been frost-bitten. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The oats taste like congealed animal fat in my mouth. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He presses her close, a hand at the small of her back, against the knot of her dress, tasting the warm, slightly sour tang of her mouth. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The rabbit was a shade underdone, but tasted wonderful. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We hoped the play might satisfy Bonnie, but once she'd gotten a taste of her itinerary, there was no stopping her. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I want to taste everything in the room,” I tell Peeta. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It tasted like summer, like fun, like innocence in the Rio Grande; so I swallowed, and the purity of it was divine. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

In her dreams she danced with the beautiful prince, who fed her the most delicious foods she had ever tasted and bestowed one kiss upon her lips every night. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The waffles tasted great, but I guess I wasn’t digging in like I usually did. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but they don’t taste funny,” I bragged, breaking the cookie down the middle. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Those who had taken the mercury purge were constantly spitting to rid their mouths of the foul taste the drug left behind. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

A woman with a taste for brightly colored dresses is there whose breasts are probably soft sealskin purses now, and who may need a few things. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could still taste her dreams distantly in her mind. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

A dozen different sorts of meat and fish were served: camel, crocodile, singing squid, lacquered ducks and spiny grubs, with goat and ham and horse for those whose tastes were less exotic. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It tastes of orange Popsicles, penny gumballs, red licorice, gnawed hair, dirty ice. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He put out his hand, cupped some and tasted it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I could only think of how they would taste with roast potatoes. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean the drink that tastes of good rotten apples?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I even prevailed upon Wolfie to try it, but he grimaced when he tasted it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried eating a little bit of bacon today because Edmond particularly asked me to but it tasted like pig and I gagged. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Doc’s idea of fancy really wasn’t at all—he had what he liked to call simple tastes. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

In one such dismal spot we got our first taste of trouble. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I always wanted to win and here on the world stage, I wanted to taste Olympic glory more than I ever had in my life. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we mix herbs with the bad meat to hide the taste. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like a hundred sleeps since Jinny had tasted a dried snap. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I thought about the way she smelled like wildflowers and when I kissed her, she tasted gently like berries. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He drank from another glass, but it was wine and tasted even worse. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“You don’t say! There’s no accounting for taste.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I have found the perfect food—don’t know why I didn’t think of it before! It’s safe and it doesn’t taste bad either,” she says excitedly to Ma. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried not to make a disgusted face—it tasted salty and nasty. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

My mouth tasted horrible, and I tried to keep it shut for fear of poisoning the airplane. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Just to get a taste of what high altitude is about.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“And he had such pretty taste, and had taken care of everything so well. I thought—I’ll rent it furnished, like a vacation rental. Then people can appreciate it.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I knew there were confectioners there, too, who sold candies I’d always wanted to taste. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I say, Nobody living can stand to smell home cured ham without tasting it. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, a hyenas catholicity of taste is so indiscriminate it nearly forces admiration. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I walk outside and the green on . the trees seems greener, so potent I can almost taste it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Still chewing, Jeanne said, “It tastes like being punched in the face.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s candy. It kind of looks like a cloud, and it doesn’t taste like anything. It’s just really, really sweet. Sometimes Mrs. Borkowski put walnuts on top of it.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I tilt my head to secure the phone between my ear and shoulder, and taste a big spoonful. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

In my reverie I had opened my mouth a bit, so I tasted some of the blood. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It wasn't bad, but it tasted like I was having a dessert for breakfast. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The stew was fiery hot, Hotah knew, though he tasted none of it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I eat the last anpan like it’s still the first one—it tastes like happiness. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Am I to take it that you are attacking even without the full moon now? This is most unusual... You have developed a taste for human flesh that cannot be satisfied once a month?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The taste was pleasant enough, but the smell was disgusting. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She chewed and she thought, and it all came together with the taste of her lost friend’s favorite dinner in her mouth. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It tasted good, like cake, with a sweetish and smooth flavor he had never thought bread could have. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

We were standing on Arnold’s front steps and he handed me some kind of hippie iced tea that tasted sweet but, he said, had no sugar in it. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Therefore, injuries should be inflicted all at once, for the less they are tasted, the less harm they do. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

But that wasn’t any ordinary baking Cecilia was doing in there, because unlike Mamá, she wasn’t swallowing any of the powdery concoction herself as she tasted it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I gulped down the milkshake, because it was cold and sweet and the only thing I could really taste. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Grigori’s words passed through my head: An eyesore of rotten wood, stacked haphazardly, without taste or culture. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And the taste of salt on her lips that time when for a second he had touched them with his own boy’s lips, clinging to his glass-bottomed box. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The lump was delicious, tasting of spring sweetness and the inside of trees. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He whispered, “You have ruined my tongue for all other tastes,” and understood finally what that phrase meant. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She wanted them to care about the smell of a spice or the taste of a new kind of salt. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Cat and Kittens surrounded him, buried him, and their thick and rumbling purrs reminded him of the hum of the bees, and the taste of honey. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“It tastes much better than by day. Let’s all go and have some, shall we?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swears they taste better than the ones on his floor.... Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just the thought of that tart berry taste had made her stomach ache with nausea, but now it didn’t sound so terrible. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The qurmas were always too salty or too bland for his taste. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

And what I’m tasting right now is pretty awful. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I laughed imagining how bitter their white juices would taste if Father Amadi had really sucked them. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

‘Danes from Denmark is tasting doggy because they is tasting of labradors!’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air at Thurmond was so coated in fear that you could taste it like vomit at the back of your throat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Jinny could feel herself crying as she swam, taste her tears, salty as the cold sea but warm on her face and tongue. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Before he tasted the gizzards, he said, “Let me see if this is any good.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Whenever I eat a GoFast bar,” Ben says, “I’m always like, ‘So this is what blood tastes like to mosquitoes.’” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

We drink pale green wine that tastes of herbs out of massive goblets that Locke finds in the back of a cabinet. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He probably thought it tasted like Juicy Fruit just because she had said so! A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I only hope he doesn’t taste the bitterness of poison on my lips. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The eight-arm stew didn’t look too good, but taste was something else. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

When he moved his lips, he tasted the acid of dirt and grass and gravel. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it doesn’t seem much like your taste.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

When it tastes good to you, get as many plates as you need and serve up some migas. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

The ash tasted disgusting, like dirt mixed with chalk. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

"I shall be happy to share it, Rose. American chickens take a long time to cook, but they certainly have a good taste when they are done." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I bit my lower lip and experienced the metallic taste of blood. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She could see what they could see, and hear what they could hear, and smell and taste what they could, too, and even feel whatever their wings and feet and feather antennae touched. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I had a taste of bile in my mouth. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It tasted like the cardboard covers of our primers, salty, dry, fibrous, but not as satisfyingly chewy. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

They mistrusted his taste for the high life, with Elizebeth calling him downright “unsavory.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Not only did he have Eve, but he had the taste of the first apple in the world in his mouth for the rest of his life. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

An aesthetic response or experience concerns the nature of beauty, art, and taste. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The smell of gravy and onions made my parents forget to fight, the taste of cranberries reminded them how to laugh. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

When the corn was gone, the mule licked for the salt taste on his hand; the tongue was rough and wet, but it was also warm and precise across his fingers. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a blend of 55 percent fructose and 45 percent glucose that tastes exactly as sweet as table sugar. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

My friend Brooke agreed that Gay had no sense of what girls our age were wearing and had terrible taste in clothes. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He makes us wait a few beats, and then he says, “What is the taste of human experience?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But when I’d seen those courses in the catalog, and read their titles aloud, I had felt something infinite, and I wanted a taste of that infinity. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I spent several days eating mutton that tasted like sawdust, picking bugs off my blanket, and sleeping. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bit at my lip and tasted blood. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“It makes it sound like I'm an acquired taste, or something someone tries once in a while.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She tasted honey and fruit and berries, all sweet beyond comparison. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The Mellower rolled the sherry around in his mouth and pronounced it quite the best he had tasted since an unfortunate accident overtook his wine cellar. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

They comment on each other’s dishes, trading tastes on their bread plates. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

However, they taste just like potatoes after you’ve been eating them a couple of weeks, and to my way of thinking are extremely good. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of his name on her tongue is even more intoxicating than he had imagined, and he leans in to taste it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There was no cliff she hadn’t scaled, no food she hadn’t tasted. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He wanted the Master and his protege to be special guests of his tonight, and hoped the house cuisine would be to our taste. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not by that acrid taste, not by the dread of facing the thing that had pursued her through Flatbush and down the shore at Coney Island. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She ate another energy bar, and she no longer cared what it tasted like. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“And,” he tells Theo, “if I manage to do this entire family even better, I’ll have done at least one thing to my taste and personal.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Mr. Landau explains that not everyone has the same number of taste buds. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When we hear a fine poet, we say that they have tasted Odin’s gift. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He did not eat now; he simply forced food down his throat without tasting it, to keep the gnawing pain of hunger away, to keep from feeling dizzy. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But the small girl playing in the dirt only whimpered and spat; she had tried tasting some pebbles, in the way of toddlers, and had found herself with a mouthful of foul-tasting grit. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mind flooded quickly with the tastes and smells of food I had not eaten for the past month: canned meat, beans, crackers, soup, cookies. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I take another sip of the wine; it tastes less bitter now. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would yet taste Nnesinachi’s sweetness, he would yet caress that soft flesh. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He gagged at the taste of blood and squinted into the blackness. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Get out of here, and stay away from this boy. If I see you in here again, I’ll give you a taste of a belaying pin!’ Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rosie pinched a berry with her fingers and rolled it between her lips, shivering at the tart taste. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“One of my cousin’s concoctions. Too strong for your taste?” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

"I don't like milk," I start to say, but then I taste it, and it's nothing like the whitish water we got in jail. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

His lips are sticky and red and something I would very much like to taste. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Here are some of the comments I jotted down: “This is the chicken I remember from my childhood. It actu-ally tastes like chicken.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

On the cereal shelf there needed to be five of every kind of cereal, even the nasty ones that taste like dirt until you put sugar on it. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“These are marvelous, undoubtedly the most delicious cookies I have ever tasted in the entire history of my life,” Quentin told her after a nibble. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Fleshy, abrupt squelches that turned my stomach and filled my mouth with the taste of char. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I thought . . . maybe only just die. Maybe taste not too bad. But I can smell, dead taste, not firm.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was comfort food to a whole group of people who longed for a taste of home. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He ate slowly, tasting each bite, a little sorry to swallow because then there was one bite less of the last steak. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The White Mountain hotels were a little too dull, a little too remote and expensive, for modern tastes. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

"Here, I stole a macaroon for you. It’s so sticky you'll be tasting it all day; I must have six strands of coconut between my upper molars." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drank again, long and deep, to wash the taste of blood from his mouth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Newsies have filled their papers, tattlers, and scandal sheets with Alfred's exploits—gambling losses and several marriages and expensive tastes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

But I swear, some folks will say anything tastes like chicken. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hattie broke off a corner of the bread and tasted it. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as she tasted it, she began to rise, then fly—not like the Queen Mother—but like a dragonfly with broken wings. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he’s almost too pretty and stuck-up for my taste. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Laila woke up, out of breath, with a taste of soil in her mouth, when the first granular lumps of dirt hit the plastic. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I tasted them on the tip of my tongue for a minute, hesitated, then spat instead. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, taste is conditioned solely by culture, which is so varied that it is impossible to reduce art to any one set of precepts. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can relax, though. I’m not into you that way. You’re a little too clean for my taste, no offense.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

This was no longer the taste of home. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They were not wholly of the American aristocracy but tolerably close, with connections and affluence that endowed Alfred with upper-class tastes and bearing. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I hope it tastes good too,” Mama says. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

My fingers, which a second before had been taste buds savouring the food a little ahead of my mouth, became dirty under his gaze. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered how the trout would taste for breakfast. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Their mother was peering into one of the pots on the fire, stirring and tasting. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did she taste coins in her mouth when she walked over the fresh blood in the snow? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He said she could taste them if she wanted to. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

But right now the food tastes like a wood product. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Beto tasted pineapple but focused on adjusting the scarecrow’s arms under the sheet. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pray that Manman will get to taste this cold, free air before she rests her eyes tonight, wherever they are keeping her. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When Sara comes back, I announce: “This doodh stuff would taste great mixed with ice cream. Like our own version of cookies and cream.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

It tasted like a sausage made from frothed soil and grass. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It turns out that Didu and I share a lot of the same tastes, despite a fiery argument or two over color combinations. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I need a cup of wine, to wash the taste of Tywin from my mouth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

These cakes had been purchased in the village, and they did not have the same taste or texture. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

"This wine is too good for toast-drinking, my dear. You don't want to mix emotions up with a wine like that. You lose the taste." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The spoons moved in the double moonlight; the food tasted good and the wine was even better. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although the syrupy golden rings sat in their exotic cans on our shelves year round, we only tasted them during Christmas. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Morality, as well as the sense of taste, is relative,” Obiora said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The bread, dense and moist, tastes like Ireland. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Let’s taste the sauce to make sure the seasonings are right,” Grandma told me. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t tasted an orange since the Christmas we moved to the farm in Goshen. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Duskendale had been his finest hour, yet the memory tasted bitter on his tongue. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Saying it left a bitter taste in her mouth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

This was once the land of air sprays, pine and floral, and people retain the taste; especially the Commanders, who preach purity in all things. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could taste the hot, salt breeze on his mouth. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The intensely personal nature of his business, the subjectivity of taste, the variables of light and curtains and carpets, guaranteed that minds would reevaluate and work would have to be redone. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Me in love would be like being a food critic with no taste buds. It would be like being a color-blind painter. It would be like—” “Like skinny-dipping by yourself.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bran could taste the bile in his throat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His mouth tasted sour, his head ached, and he wished the sun were not so oppressively bright and that Master would not speak so loudly over the newspapers at breakfast. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Not only did a song’s rhythm and tone affect one’s mood, but it really came down to personal taste. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Not a one of us but Mama will eat them, and the only reason is she can remember how they tasted back home from the Piggly Wiggly with salt and Hellman’s mayonnaise. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quinine pills taste bad enough to give you a hair problem. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Swallowing down the taste of defeat, Alex folded the map and forced himself on. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Her earlier misgivings were forgotten; now she tasted the allure of adventure. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Since the holidays were over, my mom asked if I would like to have Sam and Patrick over for dinner like she promised after I told her they said she had great taste in clothing. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The one kind I already did know about, had a taste of at Titid’s, and before, too, with Lally. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I refuse to retrieve the pouches, pout, go to bed, stare at the photograph of a real papaya tree, wonder if I’ll ever taste sweet, tender, orange flesh again. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

With the back of his hand he wiped his mouth to get the night taste out. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, good ol’ Mom, the queen of good taste, brought a quart milk carton and told him to do his business in it. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the Quarter will provide me with some material: a crusade for taste and decency, for theology and geometry, perhaps. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is a fruit similar in taste to lychee.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The sour taste of panic rose in my throat. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had her first taste of presiding over it the day it was complete and finished. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

But it still caused the water to boil—perhaps more quickly, even— and the tea tasted no different than it had the day before. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The tummy medicine tasted like liquid candy canes without sugar, but it worked. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And it wasn’t so bad—it just tasted like stale beer and milk. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It tastes like I mixed in a handful of coins.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Offended by his friend’s bad taste, Amarante looked stonily straight ahead, his wrinkled old hand still lying firmly atop the gun. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t watch Vu Lee kill and clean it, but it tasted so good. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I'm so close to Schiaparelli, I can taste it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unused to the taste of live flesh, Pax retched and twisted away. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

"Did you just say she had a terrible taste in gods?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Between fits of weeping, she ate cold cooked yams, which were beginning to taste moldy, and peanuts. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as she tasted it, felt its crunchiness, she asked for more, and ate half a box before she left. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it tastes the same, I promise. Now eat.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Instead, it was vaguely grassy, but mostly tasted like sugar beet juice. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The beer had a nice bitter taste after the ice cream and it made her drunk. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“The people who go in for it seem to have good taste about it. The red plush is really fine. It’s just the thing. And the mirrors are very attractive.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Miles liked his taste of New Hope that much?” the Eagle asked me. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The fumes of powder taste bitter on the tongue. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth was filled with the taste of fresh brownies—his favorite treat from the bakeries in New Rome. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Foods such as these, which are eaten on holidays, often preserve tastes and ways of cooking from earlier times. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

She still looks too sly for my taste. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I have tasted a lot more salt. I am to ask the first question, if we are to play the game.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Soaking them in brine would change their taste and aroma. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Do not expect others to share my depraved tastes.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

His taste for life, no less, all the old ambitions and pleasures. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her manners were pronounced to be very bad indeed, a mixture of pride and impertinence; she had no conversation, no style, no taste, no beauty. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

She savored her secret, which tasted deliciously of freedom, as she allowed his weight on her in the dark bedroom and waited for him to be done. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, in her room, the place tasted fresh again. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He tastes like nothing I’ve ever experienced, like hope and possibility and the future. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel had eaten various roots in his life, but only once before had he tasted carrot, when a cart horse had spilled a nose bag near the home warren. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your mac and cheese recipe! Grandma and I had it for lunch. It tasted really good.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Well, did he even want to taste you in the first place? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It had no temperature, no smell, no texture, and no taste. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I quickly lizard- licked my upper lip but didn’t taste any blood. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

If kale, hay, prunes, and vinegar had a baby, I’m pretty sure it would taste like bioloaf. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But we’re still alive, and much of the time it still tastes good too! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Hazel’s mouth tasted like metal, as if gold nuggets were popping up under her tongue. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Hazel accidentally gave herself the Heimlich maneuver with the pommel of her sword and curled on the deck, moaning and coughing up the taste of katobleps poison. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Each week a steady stream of former students returned to his class, the sad flotsam of men and women who had tasted the other side of graduation and found it wanting. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sour taste burned my mouth, and my hands would not stop shaking. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had not answered the Plotinus question soon enough for Henry’s taste. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Sprinkles look like glittery bugs; even the sugar tastes bitter. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The salt taste was back in his mouth and he was so agitated by what he believed, hoped, he would find there, he had to put his hands on warm stone to dry them. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The taste was sweet solace on his tongue, so he lit a candle and poured himself another. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Though she has acquired a taste for classical music over the years—“it’s like learning to appreciate a stinky cheese”—she’s been a not-always-delighted captive audience for many of my marathon rehearsals. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I ever tasted nothin’ as good as that,” he said. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sipped a spoonful, but the comfort food didn’t taste very comforting. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Now let’s brush the taste out of your mouth and go... Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I even like the metal taste of the holy water on my tongue. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Flapping my arms to let the breeze tickle me, for a moment I felt free, like a bird, tasting the sky. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Vienna,” says Volkheimer, and Neumann Two fulminates about Hapsburg palaces and Wiener schnitzel and girls whose vulvas taste like apple strudel. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“My tongue is too numb to tell. All I can taste is cold.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“No taste for sports, you know. Moping in corners. Crybabies. Knock that out of them fast enough.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It was your pit, your box, your seats. Sweet wine and soft cushions, figs and melons and honeyed locusts. You provided all. You urged Her Grace to try the locusts but newer tasted one yourself.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His mouth had a bitter, mannish taste, like tea and cigarettes. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When she licked it, it tasted of salt. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We drank Pepsi out of these old-fashioned bottles that Dad had found at some ancient country store, and I swear they tasted better than the regular kind. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They carried it into the yard to cool it, and even before it was cool enough they began tasting it and burned their tongues. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The taste was strong and strange, but he gulped until his belly stretched tight. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z