- present participle of drink.
drinking
Example Sentences
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Lila Pieters Yahia, the UN resident coordinator for Nepal, said drinking water was being airlifted into affected areas.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
I've been struggling with a condition called trigeminal neuralgia, external that causes excruciating pain like an electric shock across the side of my face, which can stop me from speaking, eating or drinking.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
What is the easiest way to tell if you are drinking too much or too little?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
There aren’t any studies that assess exposure to that advice and drinking during pregnancy, so we can’t conclude that it is among the reasons drinking during pregnancy has increased.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
Sheep were everywhere, grazing in green fields, lazing beneath trees, or drinking at the stream.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
