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Whilst I was imbibing this with no little relish, my friends were entering into conversation with our new acquaintance.

From A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53 by Clacy, Ellen

Mehetabel, who saw that he was imbibing more than he could bear without becoming quarrelsome lost her pallor, and a hectic flame kindled in her cheek.

From The Broom-Squire by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

She placed the point of the spout between my lips, and the next moment I was aware that I was imbibing some delicious broth.

From Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun A Story of the Russo-Japanese War by Lumley, Savile

The rain had ceased, the earth was imbibing the moisture, the clouds were still hanging heavily over the landscape.

From Bertha Garlan by Schnitzler, Arthur

They became alarmed, therefore, when they found that she was imbibing a taste for the life of seclusion and solitude which is led by a nun.

From Mary Queen of Scots Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob