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

No wonder every inch of the rock is disputed; there are so many now in the world who have sipped all the pleasures the city has to give.

From Normandy Picturesque by Blackburn, Henry

To understand the virtues of my work one must have sipped from all the flowers of Literature.

From A Chair on the Boulevard by Merrick, Leonard