How to Use chug in a Sentence

chug

noun

• Those kinds of tasks will bring this Air to a chug and spin up those fans.
  — Dieter Bohn, The Verge, 6 Nov. 2018
• On go the fabs, then, as Moore’s Law chugs like a train: double the performance, halve the cost.
  — Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023
• The lip on the frog chugs and throws water so a small twitch can still produce a lot of commotion.
  — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 28 Feb. 2023
• Watch puppets talk, and a train chug from Russia to France, and a cartoon mouse glide about on ice skates.
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 12 Dec. 2019
• In other words, a must-chug, rapid-fire way to wind down during the holidays.
  — oregonlive, 2 Dec. 2019
• The only light in the starless sky is from a thin wedge of crescent moon; the only sound is the chug of our motor, followed by the 4 a.m. call to prayer.
  — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2022
• The Knuckle-Head’s cupped mouth pops and chugs while the body is free to swim back and forth like a natural biatfish.
  — Mark Modoski, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
• Its punishing pace slows to a chug, as if to make way for a Bryan Herweg bass line growling from the basement.
  — Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, 7 June 2019
• The train steams and chugs across hundreds of bridges, viaducts, and retaining walls, and punches through dozens of tunnels carved out of rugged rock walls.
  — Kimberley Lovato, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2023
• Phil Mickelson even brought his own water bottle and took a chug from that as well.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2022
• Fish ignored the Whopper Plopper and also Pruitt's chug bait.
  — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 6 Aug. 2023
• The trailer’s opening scene promptly reveals the theme of the film as a train car chugs through a snowy landscape, a blond boy looks out the window and sees a fridge falling from the sky.
  — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 29 Sep. 2023
• There are fans whirring, windows open, and a space heater chug-chugging to keep my toes, still tucked inside winter boots, just north of frostbite.
  — Maggie Bullock, Vogue, 1 June 2021
• The sip then continued into a drink, and finally, into a full on chug.
  — Alfonzo Galvan, USA TODAY, 3 May 2022
• They're studded with a few naked sunbathers, nudged from their sun daze by the chug of our engine, heads draped in sexily shredded straw hats.
  — Antonia Quirke, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2019
• The tool that dug into my rearmost molar’s pulp chamber shook my jaw with a percussive chug.
  — Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2021
• Train travel is a distinct way to see the world as you’re lulled into relaxation by the calming chug of the engine and lovely landscapes whizzing by.
  — Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
• Videos of her baseball chug went viral, with thousands retweeting Petco Park's tweet.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 6 June 2018
• The Alaska Railroad used to ship some of its 45 passenger cars on barges to Seattle every year, then put them back on tracks for a long chug to the Midwest for repairs and paint jobs.
  — Author: Naomi Klouda, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Apr. 2018
• But the band, like Snail Mail in the days of yore, reminds us that the distorted chug of slightly unsettling indie rock is just about the perfect soundtrack to teenage girlhood.
  — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
• For the chug spout, a cover with a convenient carrying handle screws over the spout for cleanliness and transport.
  — Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 31 July 2023
• Using your phone as a WiFi hub chugs through data and your battery, you might be charged extra and the phone company may slow down your connection.
  — Shira Ovide, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Mar. 2023
• Then, those sounds were extinguished by a cement-mixer’s guttural chug.
  — David Fettling, Longreads, 29 Mar. 2018
• Cleveland fans loved it, Lindor homered and the Indians rallied for five runs soon after Mayfield’s chug.
  — Tom Withers, SFChronicle.com, 8 Aug. 2019
• Fans have to respect the chug The ability to chug alcohol effectively has long been heralded among sports fans.
  — Jon Hoefling, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2024
• The prevailing sounds came from the steady chug of portable generators and beeping golf carts going in reverse.
  — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 30 June 2020
• Notably, Kughn worked with musician Neil Young to develop a track of realistic railroad sounds — like chugs and choo-choos — that were synced with a train's movement around a track.
  — Ann Zaniewski, Detroit Free Press, 13 June 2019
• As the Cubs chug along during a four-game set at Dodger Stadium, there are questions the organization must answer during the second half with an eye on the future.
  — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2022
• The characteristic sound of downtown Lviv is now the loud chug-chugging of small generators outside shops and houses.
  — Timothy Garton Ash, The New York Review of Books, 26 Jan. 2023
• Ideal for a gym workout or other high-intensity activities, a chug cap has a wider spout designed for quick gulps.
  — Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024