sip
verb (used with object)
to drink (a liquid) a little at a time; take small tastes of.
is sipping
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present progressiveof sip (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Unfortunately for Khan and Fabre, not everyone is sipping and spitting at Medoc.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Less than two miles away from this once grand looking building is The Malt Shovel pub on Anlaby Road, where Paul Renton is sipping his pint outside on the terrace under the midday sun.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2025
Song, 36, is sipping tea at a sunny corner table in the restaurant of a West Hollywood hotel along alongside the film’s star, Dakota Johnson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2025
Let’s hope that last one does not hold true here in Seattle, where every person at every crosswalk in the morning is sipping brew on the go.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
Grandma Rose is sipping her tea slowly, and I can almost sense her counting to ten—advice she gives to argumentative Carver students.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
