Example Sentences

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“In a pinch, I will drink Pepsi Zero without thinking twice,” Zember explained.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Earlier work by the same team found that hummingbirds will drink sugar water containing up to 1% alcohol, but they begin to avoid it when concentrations rise above that level.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2026

On occasion, during his birthday party perhaps, my dad will drink one beer and his face will immediately turn beet red.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2023

“I will drink no more than one diet soda each day,” one officer pledged in a fitness improvement plan obtained by The News.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2022

“No one else will drink that now, you know.”

From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt