The phrase "act of drinking" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the process or action of consuming a beverage, often in a more formal or analytical context.
Example: "The act of drinking water is essential for maintaining proper hydration levels in the body."
Alternatives: "process of drinking" or "drinking activity".
Making your own martini should be a pleasure, making the act of drinking it more enjoyable.
Just the simple act of drinking a glass of water requires millions of instructions that come from mineral ions.
In each of the three main operas, these developments are speeded by an act of drinking something -- water, a sleep potion, a taste of scalding dragon's blood, a memory drug.
In truth, while there was a desire to curb the anti-social effects and moral degradation of drinking, and to strike against the forces perceived as threatening the social and political status quo, there was no national will to stop the act of drinking itself.
His signature work, a participatory bash called "The Act of Drinking Beer With Friends Is the Highest Form of Art," which had its debut in 1970 and is regularly revived, is basically an example of the trend to turn social interactions into art — "relational aesthetics" before the fact.
Serving your own homemade wine to guests is a matter of pride, and the act of drinking it has been refined to an art form.
As for the daily frequency of drinking acts, the daily frequency of eating acts was also higher with the online version of the record.
The third criterion was the mean frequency of drinking acts, defined as the number of times per day any fluid type was consumed.
A smaller daily dose of disulfiram is prescribed, and the dread of the consequences of drinking acts as a "chemical fence" to prevent the patient from drinking as long as he or she continues taking the drug.
A possible explanation for these differences is the omission of drinking acts taking place outside meals.
Indeed, the results suggest that the interactive interface did help participants to remember fluids consumed: the frequency of drinking acts declared with the online method was higher than with the paper record.
