slurp
Example Sentences
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The waiter explained how to eat them — pinch the top, slurp carefully — which is perfect for first-timers.
From Salon • Oct. 31, 2025
Culex mosquitoes typically target birds rather than humans, and tend to be satisfied with one slurp of blood, making them comparatively less annoying than Aedes mosquitoes.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2025
Like our babies, maggots can’t chew, so they vomit digestive enzymes onto the wound, dissolving the now-loosened tissue into a tasty slurry, which they can slurp up.
From Slate • Feb. 25, 2024
Most lunch breaks, he drives 20 to 30 minutes to more-established parts of Shenzhen to slurp beef noodles in family-owned restaurants before racing back to work.
From Reuters • Nov. 16, 2023
She takes a loud slurp of her tea—which always, always gets on my nerves—and tells me I’m going to have a quinceañera.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
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"On the Menu" and "Find the Adaptations"
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