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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Staff, FOXNews.com, 28 May 2025
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Alex Palou took the ceremonial swig of milk in victory lane at the Indianapolis 500.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2025
Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 1 May 2025
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
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Noun
Alex Palou etched his name in the history books and enjoyed the ceremonial swig of milk in Victory Lane at the Indianapolis 500 over the weekend.
—Staff, FOXNews.com, 28 May 2025
Continue reading here Sparks box score WNBA standings INDIANAPOLIS 500
Alex Palou took the ceremonial swig of milk in victory lane at the Indianapolis 500.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2025
Verb
The four-decade veteran of As the World Turns made her exit after just over a year on the series in appropriately grand fashion, by swigging a teacup full of crushed sleeping pills in a January episode.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 1 May 2025
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
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“Swig.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swig. Accessed 10 Jul. 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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