drinking

present participle of drink

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Recent Examples of drinking Other home remedies are drinking hot tea with honey and lemon and breathing in steam from a hot shower. Amelia MacIntyre, Verywell Health, 14 Mar. 2025 This study showed no difference in people's thyroid hormone levels after drinking a broccoli sprout beverage for 12 weeks. Merve Ceylan, Health, 25 Jan. 2025 There is a large group of armed guards drinking tea and letting cars in. Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025 Her character died after drinking a teacup full of crushed sleeping pills provided to her by Claire (Hayley Erin) while surrounded by members of the Newman family, including Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) and Victoria (Amelia Heinle), according to Soap Opera Digest. Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025 Many were drinking alcohol from coolers at the home, the release said. Silas Morgan, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2025 Other surveys and statistics from 2024 show Gen Z, the generation of people born between 1997 and 2012, is drinking less and less alcohol than previous generations. Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025 While for me, drinking coffee felt like a bad habit—there are proven health benefits when enjoying it in moderation. Emma Bocchi, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2024 In 2018, researchers in Britain compared health outcomes among a group of people who agreed to stop drinking for a month with the health of a group that continued to consume alcohol. Malaka Gharib, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024

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“Drinking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drinking. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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