quaffing
- present participle of quaff.
Example Sentences
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They were chatting with each other on the Signal app as they chowed down on steaks at the Palm while Hegseth white-knuckled it through everyone else at his table quaffing their Martinis and Negronis.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2025
The Friday before it was, well, Friday night in a shabby but hip capital full of hip bars and hip restaurants now crammed with hordes of not-so-hip journalists quaffing hip-but-tasty cocktails alongside hip-looking Kyivites.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2022
Pipeño is the quaffing wine of Chile, made to be consumed young and fresh and, until recently, almost never seen outside the country.
From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2020
Things went flat for two burglars who broke into London bookshop Gay’s the Word, after police caught them quaffing prosecco in the shop’s basement.
From The Guardian • Feb. 14, 2020
“In the juice of the barley I'll drink to King Charley, The bright star of royalty risen, While merry maids laughing and honest men quaffing Shall welcome old Christmas from prison.”
From Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion by Tucker, St. George
