not drinking
Example Sentences
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"You could run into the extremes of eating too much, where if you're not drinking enough water to hydrate and exceed the amount of soluble and insoluble fiber, you can get constipated," Lee said.
From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026
Nick Mackenzie, who runs the brewer and pub chain with 2,700 sites across the UK, agreed there were other businesses fighting for consumers' money as a growing share of the population was not drinking alcohol.
From BBC • Oct. 16, 2025
Bombarded by public health warnings about the dangers of not drinking enough, I was terrified of dehydration.
From Slate • Aug. 17, 2025
When someone asks you why you are not drinking, you do not owe them an answer — see above — beyond the obvious “because I don’t want to.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2023
She’s stirring it and stirring it, but not drinking it.
From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake
