sip
verb (used with object)
to drink (a liquid) a little at a time; take small tastes of.
have sipped
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present perfectof sip.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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We have sipped drinks together on their wraparound porch, taking in hummingbirds and deer in the uninterrupted sunset, plus any last antics the calves may have to share for the night.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2021
No one knows how many circus lions have been cowed by the business end of a bentwood chair, or how many Our Town lovers have sipped ice cream sodas in its cane-bottomed embrace.
From Time Magazine Archive
She would have sipped at her drink, but she had finished it a long time ago.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
But spiritual fathers and mothers, after they have sipped the sweet of innocence with their infants, love their children very differently from what natural fathers and mothers do.
From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Emanuel Swedenborg
To understand the virtues of my work one must have sipped from all the flowers of Literature.
From A Chair on the Boulevard by Leonard Merrick
