sip
verb (used with object)
to drink (a liquid) a little at a time; take small tastes of.
had sipped
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past perfectof sip.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Weller said he had not eaten anything during his ordeal but had sipped water puddled on rocks, using grass as a straw, Nattapat said.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2021
The study claimed that participants who had sipped sugar-sweetened lemonade demonstrated increased self-control and stamina on difficult tasks.
From Time ● Nov. 29, 2016
She lived to a sane old age and the font from which she had sipped was christened Crazy Well.
From Time Magazine Archive
He turns away, obscurely and wonderfully consoled and strengthened, as if in the experience he had found his muse again, had sipped at the dearest freshness of the spring of life itself.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pinmei felt as if the water she had sipped was freezing in her stomach.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
