have been sipping
- present perfect progressive of sip.
Example Sentences
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My babysitter Boo Boo always told me how I have been sipping her bitter Maxwell House since I was two years old.
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2023
Carey Mulligan could have been sipping Aperol spritz and queueing for the street food truck at a hipster wedding, in her feathered hair clip and embroidered dress.
From The Guardian ● May 19, 2018
Dadi, meanwhile, looked like she may as well have been sipping a sloe gin fizz in the Bahamas.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
"The warmth of the fire is inviting," said Lady Esmondet, for they have been sipping their coffee by a bright fire.
From A Heart-Song of To-day by Savigny, Annie Gregg
I suppose he must have been sipping a good deal of wine while we talked and all at once he let out an atrocity which was too much for me.
From The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes by Conrad, Joseph
