1
as in sipped
to swallow in liquid form
the doctor wants her to drink lots of water before the examination
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as in boozed
to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages
we're worried that she's started drinking again
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Recent Examples of drank
Lehman admitted in earlier testimony the pair drank and did some drugs, including marijuana, earlier that evening.
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Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
Participants drank soda and ate cookies while listening to Dropkick Murphys, a Boston punk band that Platner likes.
—ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
People who drank a lot of alcohol in single sittings had more evidence of liver scarring than people who drank the same amount weekly but in smaller amounts spread out over more occasions.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Briany drank 5 ounces at each feeding.
—Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica, 23 Mar. 2026
The only region of India where tea plants grew naturally was in the northeastern state of Assam, where locals also drank tea beverages.
—Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Mar. 2026
Writings by Kouri Richins found in the family home indicate the couple drank a Moscow Mule cocktail and a lemon drop shot.
—Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026
In February, health officials in New Mexico said a newborn baby died from a listeria infection that likely spread from the baby’s mother, who drank raw milk while pregnant.
—Kaan Ozcan, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026
In addition to the missing documents, the report noted an incident on May 13, 2024 when Aguto drank two 500 ml bottles of Chacha, a Georgian brandy containing 40-50% alcohol, during a military event while on a nine-day trip to Ukraine.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 16 Mar. 2026
Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
Participants drank soda and ate cookies while listening to Dropkick Murphys, a Boston punk band that Platner likes.
—ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
People who drank a lot of alcohol in single sittings had more evidence of liver scarring than people who drank the same amount weekly but in smaller amounts spread out over more occasions.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Briany drank 5 ounces at each feeding.
—Jeff Ernsthausen, ProPublica, 23 Mar. 2026
The only region of India where tea plants grew naturally was in the northeastern state of Assam, where locals also drank tea beverages.
—Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Mar. 2026
Writings by Kouri Richins found in the family home indicate the couple drank a Moscow Mule cocktail and a lemon drop shot.
—Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026
In February, health officials in New Mexico said a newborn baby died from a listeria infection that likely spread from the baby’s mother, who drank raw milk while pregnant.
—Kaan Ozcan, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026
In addition to the missing documents, the report noted an incident on May 13, 2024 when Aguto drank two 500 ml bottles of Chacha, a Georgian brandy containing 40-50% alcohol, during a military event while on a nine-day trip to Ukraine.
—Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 16 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drank
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Everyone sipped, meditated, reset — and then CA7RIEL and Paco tore the cover off the chill and delivered a high-octane performance that will not soon be forgotten.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
28 Mar. 2026
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Creating an enviable lounge area—where summer reads can be enjoyed, cocktails can be sipped, and entertaining the whole neighborhood can take place—will be a gamechanger for your summer plans.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
20 Mar. 2026
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Aggie is boozed enough to think this is funny rather than disturbing.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
13 Nov. 2025
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Both Trotsky and Paul get absorbed in quarrelsome dialectics and in point-scoring built around minute differences.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The system absorbed the strike.—
Winston Ma,
semafor.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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With the dead and the wounded sprawled around them, the mocambos gulped the wine from the sacramental chalice.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Mar. 2026
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As studios gulped down profits, talent below and above the line began to demand adequate shares of the pie.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
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While hundreds reveled at Thursday night’s all-out bash for The Pierre hotel’s 95th anniversary, some of the building’s tenants in the floors above haven’t been feeling quite as celebratory.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
21 Nov. 2025
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In the party scene, though, there would be plenty of swooping camera movements as the guests revelled.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Members of his cabinet swallowed their apprehension, ceding to their boss’s confidence, the Times reported.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
13 Apr. 2026
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The latter was accompanied by the most striking choreography of the night, as a mass of humans encircled and swallowed Reznor at the end of the song, inviting him to join them in their amorphous horde.—
Jeff Miller,
Rolling Stone,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Drank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drank. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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