Example Sentences
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The lemon squash, pilfered off the courts at the end of the day and swigged undiluted on the return coach trip, never even made it that far.
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2023
In Powell’s videotaped testimony, she swigged from a can of Dr Pepper as she dismissed Cipollone and his team as worthless — and managed to do the impossible by making Giuliani look sane.
From Washington Post • Jul. 12, 2022
This performance combines imitation and evocation; Dirty’s every gesture—every swigged drink and slinky entrance—is dancerly, in a series that plays like a great piece of work about the quest to achieve freedom of movement.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 1, 2019
They held ceremonial white candles and swigged mulled wine from plastic cups.
From New York Times • Dec. 23, 2016
I sadly swigged down my sarsaparilla through the straw Charlie had kindly provided.
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
