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swig

[swig] / swɪg /


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I took a swig and was struck by the jaw-clenching sweetness.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Hailey took a swig of water from her bottle.

From Los Angeles Times May 23, 2025

On cue, the camera cut to Rhea Perlman passing her silver flagon to Lisa Ann Walter, who took a swig.

From Salon Feb. 25, 2024

He deftly sliced off a thin piece of what looked to be mainly icing to try his cake before taking a swig from his water bottle.

From Washington Times May 5, 2023

I take another swig from the water bottle and catch Alyssa staring at me.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Kilgore leads his cavalry into air battle to the strains of Wagner, taking out combatants in between swigs of coffee.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 17, 2026

But every time someone swigs the raw milk, they’re taking that chance on everyone’s behalf—it’s like buying a lottery ticket for which the prize is a disaster, for everyone.

From Slate Dec. 4, 2024

De la Garza acquiesced and the pair shared a quick toast before taking their respective swigs.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2024

He lounges in a spartan room in a white tunic, taking swigs from a water bottle as he tells his story on a video call.

From Science Magazine Feb. 15, 2023

At the cooling station, I take giant swigs from my water bottle, then wet the bandanna I use to wipe the salt and perspiration off my grimy face.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

The lemon squash, pilfered off the courts at the end of the day and swigged undiluted on the return coach trip, never even made it that far.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2023

This performance combines imitation and evocation; Dirty’s every gesture—every swigged drink and slinky entrance—is dancerly, in a series that plays like a great piece of work about the quest to achieve freedom of movement.

From The New Yorker Nov. 1, 2019

On the third day of training camp, Griffin ran off the field, swigged from a water bottle and sank down on his right knee next to his wife on Practice Field 1.

From Washington Post Aug. 1, 2018

Istvan swigged at intervals from a magnum-size vessel of greenish energy drink he picked up on our last Walmart stop.

From New York Times Feb. 9, 2017

I wonder whether I actually took DayQuil when I was in the bathroom at home, or whether I accidentally swigged half of Hunter Marsh’s Alopeesh-Sure.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson

Like Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, Burnham likes to be photographed swigging pints in pubs.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

Flanking the dance floor are guests grazing on free cheese pizza from Pizzanista and swigging from slim cans of Roxie, a zero-proof mocktail.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 25, 2023

The playoffs had arrived, though, and so here came Brady, swigging from an oversized water bottle, designer bag slung around his shoulder, just the right amount of gel holding every hair in place.

From Washington Post Jan. 16, 2022

Taurasi made it, though, and for a moment she could revel at the finish line, swigging Champagne, slinging one-liners.

From New York Times Aug. 9, 2021

During one of these interruptions, he saw them standing on the concrete apron out front smoking and talking and swigging bottles of Coca-Cola.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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