QUAFF in a Sentence

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1. As we quaff our ale, we listen to the lively songs of the students in the tavern.
2. Yet, if death be in this cup, I bid thee think again, ere thou beholdest me quaff it.

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 Meanings and Examples of QUAFF
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quaff
 v.  drink with relish; swallow hurriedly or greedily
Classic Sentence:
1  Yet, if death be in this cup, I bid thee think again, ere thou beholdest me quaff it.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE INTERVIEW
2  Might there not be an irresistible desire to quaff a last, long, breathless draught of the cup of wormwood and aloes, with which nearly all her years of womanhood had been perpetually flavoured.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXI. THE NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAY
3  On such occasions he would start up, quaff a cup of wine as if to raise his spirits, and then mingle in the conversation by some observation made abruptly or at random.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
4  And when Rowena's name was mentioned the noble Athelstane prayed leave to quaff a full goblet to her health, and that she might soon be the bride of his kinsman Wilfred.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
Example Sentence:
1  As we quaff our ale, we listen to the lively songs of the students in the tavern.