Example Sentences

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Farmers have guzzled ever more water as they have planted thirsty crops such as almonds, walnuts, and grapes.

From Economist • Apr. 9, 2015

The city’s 11 current supervisors and their staff members have guzzled $4,387 worth of bottled water since the prohibition went into effect more than three years ago, public records show.

From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2010

For years, local soccer fans have guzzled coffee and shifted sleep schedules in order to watch games being played in Japan, South Korea, Germany and South Africa, six to 13 hours ahead of the District.

From Washington Post

Then the cholera vibrio was found, but volunteers have guzzled billions of them without getting sick�and now the disease, if it develops, can be treated simply by replacing body fluids, without serums or antimicrobial drugs.

From Time Magazine Archive

He looked old and immoral, with a mosaic past, the sort of woodpecker who, if born into a higher estate, would have guzzled rum and gambled with sailors.

From Dwellers in the Hills by Post, Melville Davisson