quaff
verb (used without object)
to drink a beverage, especially an intoxicating one, copiously and with hearty enjoyment.
was quaffing
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past progressiveof quaff.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Even though, by the 1960s, the average Californian was quaffing two gallons of wine a year to his countrymen’s one, it took time for many Californians to cultivate what is called a sophisticated palate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
It was quaffing from the fountain-head, not from streams of the imitation of imitation.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 by Various
One night a full-grown lion with a fine mane came to cool his dry throat in the lake, and was quaffing water, when he felt his nose seized by something that rose up from below.
From My Dark Companions And Their Strange Stories by Henry M. (Henry Morton) Stanley
Meanwhile, Annette was quaffing deep, soul-satisfying draughts in the mere contempt of the yellow, red, green, and blue glories in which was soon to appear in public.
From Rolf in the Woods by Ernest Thompson Seton
Father read it slowly to himself as he stood with his back to the fire in the hall and the King’s messenger was quaffing a cup of wine in the courtyard.
From Cedric, the Forester by Bernard Gay Marshall
