Sip

Earl is always a good time. His appearance at parties, whether it's a smart cocktail sip or a basement gig, is mandatory.

He held out to me a bowl of steaming broth, that filled the room with a savour sweeter, ten thousand times, to me than every rose and lily of the world; yet would not let me drink it at a gulp, but made me sip it with a spoon like any baby.

A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.

bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.

[She] rais'd it to her mouth with sober grace; / Then, sipping, offered to the next in place.

They skim the floods, and sip the purple flowers.

Sales of lightbulbs which sip electricity, and whose increased cost in the shops is easily paid for over their lifetime, used to double every year; in 1990/1991, they leapt sevenfold.

It makes a small car, the Chevy Cobalt, which sips petrol in moderation and is therefore selling well.

Even when turned off, these devices can idly sip electricity from your outlet costing you money.

“The Budget does not include funding for the Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP). SIP is duplicative of other Title III and V program funding for institutional support activities.