Drink in

The dry land drank in the rain.

They listened to him in rapt silence, drinking in his every word.

I like to walk in the hills and drink in the wonderful views.

1981-1982, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure I drink in his relaxed body. I love him so much.

The detectives may trudge sombrely from one improbable homicide scene to another, week in, week out, as the blue lights circle bleakly, but we, the viewers, sink gleefully into our sofas ready to drink it in like cocoa.