Example Sentences

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He came over as I was downing the foam from my espresso martini.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2024

“He was like, ‘You gotta keep drinking tons and tons of water,’ so I was downing several bottles of water periodically.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2022

On a recent four-night cruise to the Bahamas on the 2,758-passenger Carnival Victory, a lively crowd was downing neon drinks at an equally fluorescent bar in the ship’s multi-story atrium.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2018

The boy who could only eat half a grilled cheese at a sitting was downing two sandwiches.

From Washington Post • Feb. 6, 2017

I had just succeeded in fraternizing with them and was downing my first drink at their expense, when a heavy hand descended on my shoulder.

From The Road by London, Jack