swigged

past tense of swig

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of swigged The coaches swigged a few Pabst Blue Ribbons and told old war stories – most of which had the same starting spot. Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026 The six-time Grand Slam champion swigged pickle juice (more on this later). Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026 After the ceremony, winners and honorees stretched their legs, swigged the last of their champagne and went off for a group photo shoot. Hadley Meares, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025 One little alien spews tiny tadpole-looking critters into a water bottle, later swigged down by junior engineer Malachite (Jamie Bisping). Noel Murray, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swigged
Verb
  • 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
  • Inside, Rodríguez Castro sipped an Aperol spritz, then moved on to a California red wine not on the menu.
    Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Verb
  • Three years later, censured by his Senate colleagues, ostracized by his party, and ignored by the press, McCarthy drank himself to death, a broken man at the age of 48.
    Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2026
  • On the day of the murders, he was said to have drank more than a quart of vodka.
    Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 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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“Swigged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swigged. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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