How to Use slurp in a Sentence

slurp

verb
  • He always slurps his soup.
  • Save the noodles for the end and slurp them with the last of the broth.
    Providence Cicero, The Seattle Times, 18 May 2017
  • Open the shell, and give the peanut a chew, slurping some brine with it.
    Matt and Ted Lee, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2023
  • Boat to them, scoop them out of the bay and slurp them up on a tidal flat.
    Richard Stenger, SFChronicle.com, 3 July 2018
  • Diners can slurp along a bar in front of the open kitchen.
    Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Grab a comfy seat, queue up The Princess Bride, and slurp away.
    Aliza Abarbanel, Bon Appetit, 14 May 2018
  • Brain freeze Grab a big straw and slurp away with this cool deal from 7-Eleven.
    Laura Daily and Bryan K. Chavez, The Know, 18 May 2017
  • The true customer of Big Slushie isn’t you, the slurper, but the C-stores who would tempt you to slurp.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2022
  • Dip the thick, chewy noodles into the bowl of hot soup and slurp up all the goodness.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The participants were told to sip, rate the soup, then slurp and rate it.
    Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2021
  • Eat the molluscs steamed or slurp them down raw for just a dollar a piece.
    Trevor Fraser, orlandosentinel.com, 29 Oct. 2019
  • This is a tequila meant to be sipped in a tumbler, not slurped down in a shot glass.
    Ron Hart, SPIN, 22 Nov. 2023
  • My pro tip for the khinkali: Stab the nipple with your fork and slurp the soup inside of the dumpling upside-down.
    Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Oysters slurped straight from the shell just beg for Champagne.
    Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • To follow the verbs in the poem alone—to have, to slurp, to make, to sound like, to eat—is to listen to the heartbeat of the poem.
    Rowan Ricardo Phillips, The New Republic, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Nearby, inside a cage, a real bear slurps down one of the treats.
    Jude Isabella, Smithsonian, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Dying to go for a sail and slurp an oyster along the Rhode Island coast?
    Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Go ahead and pick up the bowl to slurp that last sip of the intoxicating elixir.
    Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 17 May 2022
  • Check out our 16 favorite places to slurp down oysters in L.A.
    Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
  • Swishing, swirling, and slurping are par for the course in the fine water universe.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Hold them by the stem, bite a hole in the thick noodle, slurp out the broth and finish off the dumpling — a nicely spiced ball of lamb, beef and pork.
    Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 16 Mar. 2022
  • There was a giant anteater slurping up pink yogurt off the deck.
    National Geographic, 29 Oct. 2019
  • The Kia slurped juice at less than a 50-kilowatt rate on the Supercharger.
    IEEE Spectrum, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The toad tongues were so fast, the beetles didn’t have time to react before being slurped up.
    Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Then comes the captain’s dinner, which plays like a Monty Python sketch, as the guests try to slurp oysters while a storm rocks the boat.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 21 May 2022
  • What better way to stay cool than by slurping a dozen oysters on ice?
    OregonLive.com, 19 June 2017
  • Most dogs will slurp from a bowl, but cats are famously finicky and some don't like their whiskers touching the sides of a small dish.
    goodhousekeeping.com, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Visitors then have the chance to shuck and slurp a little morsel of their own from the North Carolina coast.
    Emily Cataneo, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The shrimp were delicious, head and all, but the sauce was so magnificent—complex, savory, sweet, sultry—that I was tempted to lift the bowl and slurp it down like soup.
    Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024
  • The mussels also eat ravenously, slurping up plankton and other tiny aquatic life until there's nothing left.
    Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 22 July 2024

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