Example Sentences

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“That’s what I did until I got married. I was slopping Cokes and waiting tables straight out of high school, and when I quit waiting tables, I worked the evening shift at the hospital.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2016

I was slopping it against my legs and spilling it on the ground.

From John Barleycorn by London, Jack

It was all we could make out, for the sea was slopping into her, and the spray was flying everywhere.

From Hawtrey's Deputy by Cuneo, Cyrus

Six inches of water was slopping in the bottom of the canoe, but they ran on without stopping to bale it out.

From Northern Diamonds by Pollock, Frank Lillie

"Come on, Court, see the fun!" called the football half-back, who was slopping along with two dripping fire-buckets of water.

From The Witness by Lutz, Grace Livingston Hill