Example Sentences

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Butterflies will sun themselves on the stone to raise their temperatures, and will sip water from the puddle to supplement their nectar diets with the salts, vitamins and minerals they need.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2022

And during Holi, the festival of spring — March 18 this year — many celebrants will sip thandai, a chilled, sweetened milk that’s stained golden yellow with saffron and often has a pistachio garnish.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2022

You will sip as well as you sup.

From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2021

But now there also may be a real risk that the justices will sip the polling Kool-Aid themselves, and conclude that there is safety in the numbers.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2012

So now Robb will sip summerwine from jeweled goblets, while I’m kneeling beside some stream sucking snowmelt from cupped hands.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin