Example sentences for: savory

How can you use “savory” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • acidic balanced clean aged big cloying alcoholic bitter common aromatic bland complex astringent bouquet corky austere chalky creamy baked character crisp deep lively sensuous delicate maderized sharp developed manly simple disciplined mature small dry meager smoky earthy mealy smooth elegant medium soft empty mellow solid evolved metallic sound fat mineral sour feminine moldy spicy fierce mossy steely fiery musky stiff fine noble stony finesse nutty strong firm oaky sturdy flabby odd stylish flat off succulent flowery old sugary forceful ordinary supple foxy overripe sweet fragile peppery syrupy fragrant perfumed tangy fresh positive tannic fruity powerful tart full-bodied prickly tender gassy pungent thin gay racy unbalanced gentle rare unharmonious graceful refreshing unripe grapy rich velvety hard ripe vigorous harmonious robust watery harsh rough weak hearty round wild heavy rugged withered honest salty woody hot sappy young insipid savory zestful light scented little semisweet

  • But G. & C. Merriam (as the company was then styled) was not Philip Gove, and some of the less savory practices of that organization's salesmen during the late 1950s—always vigorously denied as company policy by executives—inevitably rubbed off on those who one hopes were innocent of such activities.

  • The only way the ad could have painted a less savory picture of corporate chieftains would have been if the teacher had forced one of the other students to stand up.

  • A real-estate broker who fails to sell a big house (her only potential customers are blank-faced African-Americans, Indian-Americans, and surly lesbians), she wears a mask of perky efficiency and insists on listening to Muzak while she and her husband and daughter eat her "nutritious yet savory" dinners.

  • I'm hoping adults will find a savory spread of great kids' books right beneath their noses, now that they've plucked those noses down from the stratosphere.


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