savor

“She’s about savoring the essence of the frame, the lens, specifically the light. She sees things in a humanistic way. She’s a storyteller, not a technician.”

The creature is gnawing on some parmesan crust with its eyes squeezed shut, like eating the scraps is an experience to be savored with everything it has.

Miss Mortimer inhaled appreciatively, picked up her fork, and took a slow, savoring bite.

Guillermo del Toro renders this with a small sunlit vision: a hulking figure perched on a rooftop, savoring a loaf left out for the spirit the villagers imagine him to be.

We’re built to be unsatisfied, Mr. Kukushkin argues, and so he advises us to savor the search, find joy in the moment.