Sentence examples for than it tastes from inspiring English sources

Mulled wine, like roast goose, is one of those holiday confections that often sounds better than it tastes.

He used pineapple, banana and star fruit (which looks more exciting than it tastes), but you can use any fruit that you can grill, indoors or out: stone fruit and melons would be nice, mangoes would be fantastic (the firmer the better) and apples and pears would make this a wonderful dish for fall.

C.B.: "Better than it tastes".

(Sometimes, though, a dish such as the langoustine, presented hot and cold and crusted with pistachios does look better than it tastes).

Which, trust me, looks better than it tastes.

Distilled from corn, rye and barley malt, the clear concoction smells more dangerous than it tastes.

(It looked worse than it tasted).

It was sharp on the tongue and, fortunately, less potent than it tasted.

It sounds stranger than it tasted — the crunchiness of the coating worked as a nice contrast to the creamy middle.

Depardieu took a swig and, in a tone that bordered on stinginess, said he thought that it smelled better than it tasted.

It looked better than it tasted, though; the cookies were overbaked and the crème anglaise, though delicious, was skimpy, considering the tartness of the berries.