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
On a recent day, a patron drank a Guinness at the bar amid walls are covered in funeral notices from people who had come for a drink after saying that final goodbye.
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Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Three or four decades ago, the newspaperman was appealingly raffish—at once a bum who drank too much and a knight-errant who charged unafraid at social injustice, succored the weak, and crossed lances with the powerful and arrogant.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Some ferrets that drank contaminated raw milk became infected, but those that ate contaminated raw milk cheese did not.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Glancing around the standing-room-only party, filled with joyful hugs and happy chatter as guests drank spicy margaritas and nibbled on fries in paper cones printed with quotes from the book, a dazed Brown smiled.
—Hadley Meares, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, my husband, our relatives, and I drank completely unsafe, salty water.
—Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
In a small experiment, people on these medications, called GLP-1s, absorbed alcohol into their bloodstream more slowly compared with a group not on these drugs who drank an equivalent amount.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 21 Oct. 2025
First Ascents in South Korea Chouinard reportedly drank an entire bottle of soy sauce in an effort to spike his blood pressure and evade a draft for the Korean War.
—Maya Silver, Outside, 20 Oct. 2025
Kevin Federline claims that Britney Spears drank while pregnant and did cocaine while breastfeeding in new excerpts from the former dancer’s upcoming memoir, published in several news outlets.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Three or four decades ago, the newspaperman was appealingly raffish—at once a bum who drank too much and a knight-errant who charged unafraid at social injustice, succored the weak, and crossed lances with the powerful and arrogant.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Some ferrets that drank contaminated raw milk became infected, but those that ate contaminated raw milk cheese did not.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Glancing around the standing-room-only party, filled with joyful hugs and happy chatter as guests drank spicy margaritas and nibbled on fries in paper cones printed with quotes from the book, a dazed Brown smiled.
—Hadley Meares, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, my husband, our relatives, and I drank completely unsafe, salty water.
—Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
In a small experiment, people on these medications, called GLP-1s, absorbed alcohol into their bloodstream more slowly compared with a group not on these drugs who drank an equivalent amount.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 21 Oct. 2025
First Ascents in South Korea Chouinard reportedly drank an entire bottle of soy sauce in an effort to spike his blood pressure and evade a draft for the Korean War.
—Maya Silver, Outside, 20 Oct. 2025
Kevin Federline claims that Britney Spears drank while pregnant and did cocaine while breastfeeding in new excerpts from the former dancer’s upcoming memoir, published in several news outlets.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drank
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The producer, the director, and a few other execs sat on the porch and sipped drinks as the sun went down.—
Cameron Crowe,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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Mihara said while some guests were on their phones or laptops, Mangione quietly sipped on a beer and wrote in his journal or read a book.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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The medications are known to delay gastric emptying, slowing down how quickly alcohol gets absorbed.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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In hopes of creating lubrication, water was poured on her, but the walls absorbed the liquid, according to On The Verge.—
Mark Gray,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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So the 46,000 at the Stadium of Light gulped again.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Fangs tend to turn up in snake poop after they are swallowed.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
23 Oct. 2025
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What epic tales might try to picture the explosion of the supervolcano in the Rocky Mountains and the gigantic crater lake of bubbling acid that eons ago swallowed places called Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Tiny reveled about her husband on her own Instagram.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
3 Sep. 2019
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“Drank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drank. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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