swig
noun
an amount of liquid, especially liquor, taken in one swallow; draught.
were swigging
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past progressiveof swig.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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There is a shock in the offing here, though would it really be a shock if Micky Mellon and his men were swigging champagne in celebration at full-time?
From The Guardian ● Jan. 26, 2020
Whether Americans were swigging it on legitimate doctors’ orders is indeterminate, but they were ingesting it one way or another in Italian-American restaurants, which began to develop their now-standard repertoire in the 1920s and ’30s.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2019
The complainant said they were swigging altar wine when the newly appointed Archbishop Pell appeared dressed in his church regalia.
From Fox News ● Mar. 12, 2019
