quaffed

past tense of quaff

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of quaffed The pair also famously visited The Plough at Cadsden in Buckinghamshire, a pub near Chequers, the country residence of British prime ministers, where Xi quaffed a pint of Greene King IPA (Indian Pale Ale). Ian King, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quaffed
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • 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.
    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
Verb
  • So the 46,000 at the Stadium of Light gulped again.
    Michael Walker, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025

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“Quaffed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quaffed. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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