slurp

Example Sentences

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“When they are ready, I like to think of them as mini-fiber-bobas when I slurp them through a straw,” Rajendran says.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2026

The fish can withstand extreme temperature and salinity changes, and can even slurp air from the water surface if the conditions force them to.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 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

Right now I was coming to the bottom of my soda and I was trying to slurp up the last drops when my mother told me to quit; I was making too much noise.

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz