drink up
Example Sentences
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As U.S. data centers drink up more than 200 billion gallons of water per year, young peoplea are no longer willing to wait for someone else to step up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
Vernice was “destined for more education and a husband who made his living sitting a chair”; Annie hoped “for factory work and a man who didn’t drink up his pay.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
Water supply in the village "has been safe to drink up to this point".
From BBC ● May 30, 2024
Or how gardens thirstily drink up quantities of water that would quickly form puddles on a lawn?
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2023
She hugged herself against the sudden chill and watched the marsh thirstily drink up the first water of the season.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
