1 Though the certainty of this criterion is far from demonstrable, yet it has the savor of analogical probability.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 75. The Right Whale's Head—Contrasted View. 2 It was a collection of furnaces, fat-kettles, and oil sheds; and when the works were in full operation certainly gave forth no very pleasant savor.
3 The smell and taste of it all had a smack of Anisya Fedorovna herself: a savor of juiciness, cleanliness, whiteness, and pleasant smiles.
4 For the first time in eight years, the wretched man had just tasted the bitter savor of an evil thought and of an evil action.
Les Misérables (V1) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—A TEMPEST IN A SKULL 5 This march savored of an attack, and certainly of a desire for conquest.
Les Misérables (V3) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER IV—BEGINNING OF A GREAT MALADY 6 Everything that savors of mystery charms them.