sipped

Example Sentences

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As she sipped a coffee, she reflected on those 21-year-old aspirations.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

At around 1 p.m., a line extended out the door and into the plaza, where many people sipped on the chain’s famous $21 “strawberry glaze” smoothies and munched on $18 prepackaged Thai tofu salads.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

Some sipped coffees, and looked around, avoided eye contact, and waited.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2026

Three men who will soon lose their jobs sipped their coffee as they looked at the chimneys of the doomed electricity station at nearby Agios Dimitrios, which will close in May.

From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025

So she quickly sipped the rest down and swallowed the grasshopper bits.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata