quaff
verb (used without object)
to drink a beverage, especially an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty enjoyment.
had been quaffing
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past perfect progressiveof quaff.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Seymour, who had been quaffing deep draughts of Katharine's beauty, replied promptly,— "If I might suggest, sir, I should say Mistress Wilton."
From For Love of Country A Story of Land and Sea in the Days of the Revolution by Cyrus Townsend Brady
There was something so frank and genial about him, he seemed, like the wine I had been quaffing, warming to the heart.
From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Caroline Lee Hentz
