Example Sentences

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At just 15-months-old, babies often react with surprise when someone pretends to empty a cup and then acts as if they are drinking from it.

From Science Daily • Feb. 10, 2026

Fewer people in the U.S. are drinking alcohol, and when they do imbibe, they drink less than they used to.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025

Americans generally are drinking less, because of health concerns as well as the use of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs that can curb the desire to imbibe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

As young people are drinking less, they’re trading bars for teahouses that are open late.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025

They have their trays lowered and are drinking tea and playing Snap, fumbling the slippery cards, laughing like cars on gravel when they cheat or make mistakes.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood