guzzle
verb (used with or without object)
to drink, or sometimes eat, greedily, frequently, or plentifully.
were guzzling
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past progressiveof guzzle.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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And that mattered very much, because Americans were guzzling sugary drinks.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2015
“He has a very special way of playing drums, as if he were guzzling something very tasty,” Yoshimi, a drummer in the Boredoms, wrote in an e-mail message.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2010
Controlled by a robotic animation system, the giant bottle pops its cap, a straw emerges, and the soda level rises and falls as if King Kong were guzzling it.
From Time Magazine Archive
He and Alvin were guzzling happily, and Gerda was just sitting there, whiling away the time, apparently, by thinking.
From Pagan Passions by Robert Stanley
At the long lunch-counter rough-necked fellows perched on tripod stools were guzzling food.
From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Robert W. (Robert William) Service
