Example Sentences

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I suspect the winemakers researched the “red blend” category to see why Americans were downing so much syrupy treacle and said, “We can do better!”

From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2021

In 1998, Americans were downing 56 gallons of the stuff every year—that’s 1.3 oil barrels’ worth of soda for every person in the country.

From BusinessWeek • Jul. 31, 2014

Said State Department Spokesman Alan Romberg: "We do not have the evidence" to show conclusively that the pilots of the Soviet interceptors and their ground controllers knew what kind of plane they were downing.

From Time Magazine Archive

By ten o'clock, Luis Cervantes yawned with boredom, said good night to Blondie and War Paint, who were downing endless drinks on a bench in the square, and made for the barracks.

From The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution by Munguía, E. (Enrique)