Example Sentences

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Today, more Americans are sipping on tea rather than coffee.

From Salon • May 9, 2025

They have stopped drinking water but are sipping electrolytes on doctors’ orders.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2023

Broadway shows require proof of vaccination and masking at all times, except if you are sipping a drink.

From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2021

Be wary of bringing it onto a city bus, where your mug’s glowing LED will turn the heads of the rest of us schlubs who are sipping lukewarm coffee out of Styrofoam cups.

From Slate • Dec. 20, 2017

They know that our parents are sipping chai with plates of tea biscuits upstairs and that they aren’t the slightest bit interested in our bickering.

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan