Sentence examples for barely tasted from inspiring English sources
I ate them hoping that pleasure would bring back normalcy, but I barely tasted them.
She watched the crowds on Seventh Avenue, half the world rushing by, and barely tasted what she ate.
Writing on the band's blog, Murdoch described the new songs' themes: "nostalgia, empathy/pedagogy, desire (non-sexual), anatomy of doomed love, lust/jealousy, anatomy of barely tasted love, empathy for a stranger, nostalgia/denial, shock of change/self assertion, desire and uncertainty, self assertion/subtle kiss-off, spiritual desire [and] spiritual affirmation".
Often the idea of something meant more to her than the thing itself, such as with sweets; she could talk about them for an entire day and look forward to them, but when the sweets were in the bowl in front of her, she barely tasted one before spitting it out.
This morning the social company ticked up around 0.6%, topping an up market, and re-cresting the $72 mark comfortably, a level that it barely tasted yesterday.
On another visit, I could barely taste the mustard oil.
And even though the lump-crab mashed potatoes were heavenly, I could barely taste the crab.
But while a wild-mushroom ragout should blend nicely with grilled asparagus spears, the asparagus barely tastes of grilling, and an unadvertised cream sauce unbalances the dish.
A starter of calamari, meanwhile, was a surprise, because I could barely taste the squid, lost in an unruly heap of frisée, Serrano ham and piquillo pepper.
Several Indian street snacks also make excellent appetizers, like a lively aloo chat, crisp chunks of potato tossed with tamarind and mint chutneys, barely tasting of ginger and cumin, or tikki chat, delicious little patties of spinach and potatoes.
