swig - use in sentences

Object

  • wine: He swigs wine from the bottle and blames booze for his bad behavior.
  • beer: He is swigging beer, with his arm around Tracey Staines.
  • bottle: As we turned the corner the Leeds players were out in force at the side of the hotel swigging bottles of designer lager.
  • cider: Slapping fines on teenagers swigging cider in the local park might play well with ' disgusted of Tunbridge Wells ' .
  • champagne: We were both sat on the stage of the club, chatting and swigging Champagne from the bottle, looking very elegant!

Converse of object

  • take: He took a large swig of his drink, almost draining the glass.
  • have: The tramp sympathetically offers to let him have swig of his bottle, which Captain Britain declines.

Adjective modifier

  • long: Open the first can of lager and take two very, very long swigs.
  • few: Then, after a few swigs of diet coke, I set to work.
  • big: Louis takes a big swig of Cognac and yells back " I am Louis ze French Fighter Pilot!
  • good: Sorry folks, but it is time to not only smell the coffee, but to have a good swig of caffeine too!
  • hearty: He makes up for the liquid tears with a hearty swig of cider ) Ho!
  • large: He took a large swig of his drink, almost draining the glass.

Preposition: of

  • water: We were laughing in the kitchen and i'd just taken a swig of water.
  • beer: I wanted a cigarette, or at least a swig of beer.
  • wine: Carrot wine, surprisingly enough, was really delicious, especially after being washed down with a hearty swig of strawberry wine.
  • brandy: I took a swig of brandy and I was ready to go.

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