How to Use guzzle in a Sentence

guzzle

verb
Definition of guzzlenext
Synonyms for guzzlenext
  • Patients there guzzle $700m-worth of the stuff a year, out of global sales of perhaps $4bn.
    — The Economist, 18 July 2019
  • Their crop: wine, so fine the poet Dante sang its praises and medieval kings and popes guzzled it by the flagon.
    — Julia Buckley, Travel + Leisure, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Behind him, a cluster of men in cowboy hats and plaid shirts guzzled their own beers.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 1 Sep. 2023
  • When Vivian introduces her wine-guzzling book club friends to the erotic words of E.L. James, things heat up on and off the page.
    — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 4 May 2018
  • Jonathan, for his part, has become a tea-guzzling Anglophile.
    — Simon Doonan, ELLE Decor, 8 Mar. 2019
  • At the beach on Thursday, visitors young and old bathed in the sun, and the beer-guzzling throngs from college were not yet around in large numbers.
    — Brittany Wallman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 2 Mar. 2018
  • That gives it leverage over Europe, which guzzles Libyan crude oil.
    — The Economist, 12 Dec. 2019
  • That said, skip the gas-guzzling trip to some wooded wonderland and buy local.
    — Good Housekeeping, 6 Nov. 2018
  • But for many people who don’t want to buy a gas-guzzling, giant truck, the key to buying a trailer is to keep it lightweight.
    — Megan Barber, Curbed, 13 Sep. 2018
  • In recreational use states, binge drinkers guzzled 6.6 drinks per binge, compared with 7.4 drinks in non-cannabis states.
    — Matthew Martinez, star-telegram, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Back in January, the story of the Pringles wine-guzzling suspect went viral.
    — Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY, 29 June 2019
  • Instead of guzzling a bunch of water all at once, take smaller and more frequent drinks of water.
    — Pomerado News, 6 July 2018
  • Globally, humans guzzle more than 25 billion liters of the stuff each year.
    — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 10 June 2019
  • The serious work, some argue, is still done by gas guzzling diesel engines.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 21 Aug. 2019
  • Titan XD is a work truck made for towing, hauling, grunting and guzzling.
    — Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2018
  • Icing is a drinking game in which the guest of honor is forced to guzzle a bottle of Smirnoff Ice, typically on one knee.
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2018
  • To hydrate, swim in the pool, catch the mist off the meditation garden’s water feature or guzzle a glass of cota.
    — Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2019
  • Keep in mind, too, that there is probably no health benefit to guzzling tons of water.
    — Melinda Wenner Moyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Queen Elizabeth II offers Paddington some tea, prompting him to guzzle it from the teapot.
    — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 5 June 2022
  • Queen Elizabeth II offered Paddington some tea, prompting him to guzzle it from the teapot.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The Cadillac Escalade—that gas-guzzling, leather-lined totem to excess—is going electric.
    — Eric Tingwall, Car and Driver, 4 Mar. 2020
  • During its stay with us, the big truck guzzled fuel at a voracious, but not surprising, rate of 8 mpg.
    — Don Schroeder, Car and Driver, 25 May 2020
  • But don’t go guzzling energy drinks to top up taurine levels just yet.
    — Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 8 June 2023
  • High-dollar deals are made, rosé is guzzled, and any actor looking for press is kicking into high gear.
    — Liz Raiss, GQ, 11 May 2018
  • Boys were more likely than girls to guzzle the drinks, while Hispanic and black youths consumed more sports drinks than white children, researchers found.
    — Mari A. Schaefer, chicagotribune.com, 11 May 2018
  • At the next changeover, Nadal flexed his right forearm and was visited again by the trainer, took a salt pill and guzzled some drinks, then shook that arm between points in the following game.
    — Howard Fendrich, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2019
  • But iTunes kept guzzling other functions: digital movies, TV shows, and then apps.
    — Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2020
  • My mother also calls Ralph to complain about her beer-guzzling neighbor.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2018
  • After guzzling a couple of drinks with the singer, Meyers stepped behind the bar to make mixed drinks inspired by some of his favorite Rihanna songs.
    — Bethonie Butler, Washington Post, 21 June 2019
  • No one is arguing these gas-guzzling speedsters that tack to the track are fuel efficient.
    — Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star, 21 May 2018

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