drinking
the act of consuming liquids
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,481 of 81,628 words measured. It occurs 26,148 times across 191,625 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the act of consuming liquids also: imbibing, imbibition
- the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess also: drink, boozing, drunkenness, crapulence drink was his downfall
drinking in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Nossir, we are not having a drinking party.
The Shining Cow · Alex James · Chapter 1
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The only aristocratic trait they could find in his character was a habit of drinking Madeira.
The Forsyte saga - Complete · John Galsworthy · Chapter 1
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The boy had stood with his straight, black eyebrows puckered into a studious frown, drinking in every word.
The Oakdale Affair · Edgar Rice Burroughs · Chapter 1
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Then he called out to the Lamb, “How dare you muddle the water from which I am drinking?”
The Wind and the Sun (Second Parable) · Aesop · Chapter 1
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He coolly picked up the bottle of liqueur, poured his glass full once more, and began drinking it off in little sips.
The Pomp of the Lavilettes, Volume 2 · Gilbert Parker · Chapter 1