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

Mindful that his hero La Follette had almost been poisoned by some tainted eggnog he had sipped during a talkathon, Morse had an aide scrutinize the preparation of his tea, orange juice and bouillon.

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