swig
Example Sentences
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I stared at my water for another second before reaching over to take a swig of Elliot’s.
From Literature
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Kilgore leads his cavalry into air battle to the strains of Wagner, taking out combatants in between swigs of coffee.
From Los Angeles Times
She hands me her plastic water bottle and I take a lukewarm swig.
From Literature
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I plopped myself into a chair near the front of Gate 18D on Jan. 25 at Sacramento International Airport, taking a final swig of my 32-oz Diet Coke.
From Los Angeles Times
Ice-cold, and bitter, and viscous, like she’d taken a swig of gasoline.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.