swig
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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
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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
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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
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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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