To a very shrewd observer, this might have Savored a little too much of a system; but shrewd observers are, after all, not the current coin in the society of young men, and Merl's conduct was eminently successful.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
The hint that there was a stronger reason which he had not mentioned was so crude that it Savored of mere impertinence.
"A Prairie Courtship"
Harold Bindloss
How splendid it was to lose oneself wholly and he Savored the time there until his left foot fell asleep while he was seated on a plastic stool.
"Corpus of a Siam Mosquito"
Steven Sills