slurped

past tense of slurp

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of slurped One was eating sour cream and shredded cheddar for breakfast until a dog slurped it off her plate. Paige Williams, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026 Wilkie grabbed his shucking knife, popped one open and slurped down the silky meat inside. Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025 This means that my sons have slurped spaghetti in Rome and ridden camels in Egypt but have never known the juicy joy of a pan chicken dinner on Eglinton Avenue West. Heather Greenwood Davis, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slurped
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
  • Kenzo leaned back so that his bobbing Adam’s apple was visible, and drank it down in one gulp.
    Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Sports bars and restaurants overflowed with customers who drank beer taps dry.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 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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“Slurped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slurped. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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