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

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

"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