guzzled

past tense of guzzle

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of guzzled Whatever water was left was earmarked for the plants in the patch, which guzzled hundreds and hundreds of gallons per day. Literary Hub, 22 June 2026 On Friday, Politico reported that one of the country’s biggest data center developments had guzzled nearly 30 million gallons of water without paying for it. Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026 The coffee outperforms anything guzzled in West London, even the decaf. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026 The women have frequently shared their custom dirty soda orders and helped catapult the once-niche drink, often guzzled from 44-ounce mega cups, into the spotlight. Brittany Anas, Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2026 In the 2000 season opener at Texas Stadium, the Philadelphia Eagles famously guzzled it — collected from pickle jars and put in normal water bottles — because the temperature rose as high as 109 degrees. Matt Barrows, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guzzled
Verb
  • It is said that Salvador Dali, Marilyn Monroe and Ernest Hemingway are among the luminaries who have sipped drinks at the King Cole Bar and Salon.
    Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
  • As the two young women talked, the thirty-five-year-old man sipped the icemelt at the bottom of his glass.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
Verb
  • The company behind the beer Sam Adams told NBC Boston its Boston Taproom ran out of Samuel Adams Boston Lager one weekend because of the Tartan Army, which drank four times as much beer as is consumed on a typical four-day weekend.
    Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 19 July 2026
  • Instead, James drank wine, entertained recruiting pitches and served up a whole lot of nothing.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • That public has continually widened its gullet and gulped.
    Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Many years had passed since Caity Maple, a Sacramento councilmember, gulped down orange juice.
    Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026

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“Guzzled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guzzled. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

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