slurp
verb (used with object)
to ingest (food or drink) with loud sucking noises.
was slurping
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past progressiveof slurp.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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Graham Thorpe had made a century, Alec Stewart was on 95, the big-boned lady was slurping on a lozenge.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 20, 2012
Jojo was slurping a bowl of cornmeal mush.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
She said Noodles looked so scared, and that his lips were poking out and puckered so tight that it looked like he was slurping spaghetti.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
Khalid was slurping his bowl of Lucky Charms, and when I asked, he frowned at me and wanted to know how I knew about Old Man Martin’s shack.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
