Which preposition to use with savours

of Occurrences 145%

With the incantation of technical phrase over the witch-brew of adventure, gambling, and romance, that simmers in the mind when men tell of finding gold in the ground, with the addition of this salt of science comes a savour of homely virtue, an aroma promising sustenance and strength.

to Occurrences 13%

But big game hunting, except a man hunts for a living, as do the elephant poachers in Mozambique or the Lado Enclave, soon loses its savour to white men after a time.

from Occurrences 3%

It will take the savour from his palate, and the rest from his pillow, for days and nights.

in Occurrences 3%

Sir, if your spirit should be in need of quickening, you would find a very sweet savour in his discourse.

on Occurrences 1%

Come, spread thy savour on my frame No sweetness is so sweet; Till I get up to sing thy name Where all thy singers meet.

out Occurrences 1%

Last month he was full of courage, his nerves were like iron; to-day he was a poor vacillating creature, walking in a hazel-wood, uncertain lest delay had taken the savour out of his adventure, his attention distracted by the sounds of the wood, by the snapping of a dry twig, by a leaf falling through the branches.

at Occurrences 1%

If his demeanour and actions savoured at times somewhat of the dramatic, and if he had more of iron than honey in his manner, it must be remembered that his duty lay in wild places and amongst rough men, where strength of will and force of character were more needed than gentler virtues.

with Occurrences 1%

She had only to tighten her lipsand she became oblivious of her clumsiness and her cruelty, savouring with pleasure the pain of the situation, clasping it to her!

before Occurrences 1%

I cannot imagine that they would smell much worse if they were free, or come in much closer contact with the delicate organs of their white, fellow countrymen; indeed, inasmuch as good deeds are spoken of as having a sweet savour before God, it might be supposed that the freeing of the blacks might prove rather an odoriferous process than the contrary.

by Occurrences 1%

Taste, a necessary sense, "which perceives all savours by the tongue and palate, and that by means of a thin spittle, or watery juice.

for Occurrences 1%

And mere circles and squares have somehow lost their savour for him.

Which preposition to use with  savours