swilled

past tense of swill

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of swilled And as always, players swilled beer out of it in front of cheering crowds at the Elbo Room in Fort Lauderdale. Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025 For live music, Feidiou 2 is a small rebetadiko, or traditional music cafe, known for its melancholic Greek folk music and meze bites swilled down with sharp swigs of tsipouro, a Greek version of grappa. Anastasia Miari, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swilled
Verb
  • America’s Poison Centers’s national helpline receives more than 60,000 calls about possible vitamin poisoning every year, mostly from parents alarmed after their children have accidentally gorged on the chewy sweets.
    Cat Rainsford, Popular Science, 23 July 2026
  • And while fans have been sated by the footballing feast, FIFA and its member associations have gorged on the tournament’s fruits.
    Tom Kludt, Vanity Fair, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • The intimate gathering brought together beauty insiders, executives and industry leaders in one room, where attendees sipped on cocktails at the Living Room, followed by a dinner held at Faena New York’s private dining room, La Cava.
    Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Crowe was also seen catching up with Michael Bay, who sipped on a Heineken.
    Melody Chiu, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Unfortunately, the results haven’t been pretty as edge Chop Robinson has feasted on the seven-year veteran.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026
  • CT scans showed a full stomach, suggesting the boy had feasted before the sacrificial ceremony, as well as a dilated esophagus consistent with vomiting.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • During pre-production, the group drank margaritas in Elassal’s hotel room, went on weekend outings to hockey games, even shared their biggest secrets.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Last month, six soldiers held a woman who drank a bottle of root beer without paying.
    Brad Heath, USA Today, 19 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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“Swilled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swilled. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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