Sip

Examples

• He never stopped, except to sip his coffee, and when that was exhausted, to smack his forehead from time to time. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Poor Pleasant, fortified with a sip of brandy, is ushered into the first-floor chamber. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Did he sip every flower, and change every hour, until Polly his passion requited? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Then Sam said it must go all round, so they all took a slight sip. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Mr. Jackson gave a faint sip, as if he had been tasting invisible Madeira. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Mrs. Sparsit's Coriolanian nose underwent a slight expansion of the nostrils, and her black eyebrows contracted as she took a sip of tea. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• El Sordo shook his head and took a sip of the whiskey. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The milk sipped and the bread eaten, Fanny was again summoned. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Mr. Hale sipped his tea in abstracted silence; Margaret had the responses all to herself. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• And Miss Keeldar quietly sipped her glass of new milk, looking somewhat thoughtful and a little pale; though, indeed, when did she not look pale? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The sick man lay unutterably weak and spent, kept alive by morphia and by drinks, which he sipped slowly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Use up, and buy more, 's my way;-makes you less trouble, and I'm quite sure it comes cheaper in the end; and Simon sipped his glass. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Everybody remarked the majesty of Jos and the knowing way in which he sipped, or rather sucked, the Johannisberger, which he ordered for dinner. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• You are very kind to me, Charley, she murmured as she sipped. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• 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.
• A stealthy glance now and then refreshed her like sips of fresh water after a dusty walk, for the sidelong peeps showed her several propitious omens. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• She said 'Perhaps' between the sips of her coffee. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

Typed by Gladys