Sentence examples for the swig from inspiring English sources
verb
To drink (usually by gulping or in a greedy or unrefined manner); to quaff.
- That sailor can swig whisky with the best of 'em.
Soccer, with its long stretches of tension interrupted by breathtaking goals that can be missed in the swig of a beer, tends to breed obsession.
"You're ruining it," I told her, and took a swig of the Ativan, just a nip, really, but you are supposed to take it drop by drop and I knew why as soon as I took the swig.
The two hours that followed were perhaps the most memorable of my trip; the swig of ouzo that one man offered me as I prepared finally to leave still burns in my mouth.
"How often does somebody build a stunning new cathedral right in the middle of an up-and-coming neighborhood?" asked Jeanne R. Myerson, the president and chief executive of the Swig Company, a San Francisco-based real estate investment and development company that owns the 28-story Kaiser Center office building a block from the new cathedral.
Accessing and updating these field is more convoluted if using the SWIG bindings.
With each new release of the OpenBabel API, the SWIG bindings will be updated to include any additional functionality.
The opening reception will include performances by Little T & The Swigs and Genevieve Atkerson.
Another heads up: the thing I said earlier about the swigging your arms back and over your head was optional.
The atmosphere was not enhanced by the nonchalant swigs the singer took between numbers from a plastic water bottle beside her chair.
He finished the last swig then, standing, tossed the bottle into the water.
I think the real reason we take the first swig of that tempting juice is that we're all freaking terrified that we're screwing up.
