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Examples of swig in a Sentence
Noun
can I have just a swig of your lemonade to wash down these french fries?
Verb
the only way he can stay awake at his night job is by constantly swigging drinks containing caffeine
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Allison P. Davis, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
In Khabarovsk, in Russia’s Far East, a cameraman-soldier in a tracksuit takes a last swig from a bottle of vodka before heading into a firefight.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
Juan Wulff, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
The new Honey Stinger Rapid Hydration Mix ($15 and up from Honey Stinger) offers three types of specialized hydration: Prepare for swigging pre-ride, Perform for sipping on the bike, and Recover for your evening come-down.
—Stephanie Pearson, WIRED, 31 May 2021
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Noun
Their meal came — including the milk — and Milk Man went to town: taking big swigs between chomps of steak with such gusto that my blood ran cold.
—Allison P. Davis, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
In Khabarovsk, in Russia’s Far East, a cameraman-soldier in a tracksuit takes a last swig from a bottle of vodka before heading into a firefight.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
Verb
To our left trailed a seemingly endless line of cars, inside of which children slept and workers swigged coffee.
—Juan Wulff, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
The new Honey Stinger Rapid Hydration Mix ($15 and up from Honey Stinger) offers three types of specialized hydration: Prepare for swigging pre-ride, Perform for sipping on the bike, and Recover for your evening come-down.
—Stephanie Pearson, WIRED, 31 May 2021
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“Swig.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swig. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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swig
1 of 2 noun
: a quantity drunk at one time
swig
2 of 2 verb
swigged; swigging
: to drink in long gulps
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