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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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Eric Jay Dolin, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2024
One scene is set inside a smoke and vape shop, and an adult takes a swig from a bottle of alcohol.
—Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
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Noun
Durie held out a bottle of rum and urged Holt to take a swig.
—Eric Jay Dolin, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2024
One scene is set inside a smoke and vape shop, and an adult takes a swig from a bottle of alcohol.
—Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
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“Swig.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swig. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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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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