| 1. | Though the certainty of this criterion is far from demonstrable, yet it has the savor of analogical probability. - from Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville |
| 2. | 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. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 3. | The smell and taste of it all had a smack of Anisya Fedorovna herself a savor of juiciness, cleanliness, whiteness, and pleasant smiles. - from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy |
| 4. | Everything that savors of mystery charms them. - from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
| 5. | When d'Artagnan had finished, he said, "Hum All this savors of his Eminence, a league off.. - from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
| 6. | "PARDIEU, monsieur" said Athos, "that's a proposition that pleases me not that I can accept it, but a league off it savors of the gentleman. - from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |