swill

Example Sentences

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Until then, coffee status was less about the lousy swill in your cup than the place, with its sticky tables and din of philosophical chatter in a haze of cigarette smoke.

From Salon • Aug. 1, 2022

Mr. Bortolomiol believes Prosecco has become “a generic name” for any swill with bubbles and was no longer worth defending — from Prosek or anyone else.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2021

He was the ideal man to restore the club’s values, to swill out the toxicity.

From The Guardian • Jan. 18, 2020

Most of us drink somewhere between these ideals, of course, adrift in the sea of swill, the plenitude of plonk that defines supermarket wines.

From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2019

“Bring something for this old lady, hey? Nice stuff. Not the swill these buggers drink.”

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer