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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Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
In a true Babygirl moment, Gaga also took a big swig of milk to cleanse her palate.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
Players swig from beer cans and shout old-timey sayings at one another.
—Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The 3-year-old cat was calmly laying on her lap, but that all changed when Rose took a swig of her water.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
In a true Babygirl moment, Gaga also took a big swig of milk to cleanse her palate.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
Verb
Then Lochlan ends up swigging a protein shake from the toxic Bosch, and finding his unconscious body is what shocks Timothy into clarity.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
Players swig from beer cans and shout old-timey sayings at one another.
—Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2025
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“Swig.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swig. Accessed 3 May. 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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