Sipping

Examples

• And so Becky began sipping her chocolate. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Armitage and Ramsden smoking, Malone swaggering, your uncle sneering, Mr. Sykes sipping a cordial, and Moore himself in his cold man-of-business vein! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He sat doggedly down in his chair, and began sullenly sipping his tumbler of punch. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• We went on playing, sipping the wine between shots, speaking in Italian, but talking little, concentrated on the game. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Mounting the broad steps, with brandished knife, the Negro made straight for a party of four men sitting at a table sipping the inevitable absinthe. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Very good,' said that gentleman, sipping his peppermint; 'I'll call at Sowerberry's as I go home, and tell him to send to-morrow morning. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• After sipping his cognac to the end, he added: Yes, Miss Manette is going to be married. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I should rather suspect it was,' said the mulberry man, sipping his liquor, with a complacent face. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Robert Jordan said, sipping his coffee. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I do not quite understand, returned the uncle, sipping his coffee. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The great Lord of Steyne was standing by the fire sipping coffee. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

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