SWILL in a Sentence

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Example sentences for SWILL, such as:

1. Get a bucket to swill the yard down.
2. Then, get sponges and clean water to swill down the tables and seats.
3. It was an enormous bottomless trough in which the hogs could swill and wallow.
4. Men were standing around, swilling beer and occasionally leering at passing females.

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 Meanings and Examples of SWILL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
swill
 v.  drink greedily; flood with water, as for washing
Classic Sentence:
1  Then, get sponges and clean water to swill down the tables and seats.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XXII
2  It was an enormous bottomless trough in which the hogs could swill and wallow.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
3  But, I perfectly remember that I sat swilling tea until my whole nervous system, if I had had any in those days, must have gone by the board.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26. I FALL INTO CAPTIVITY
Example Sentence:
1  Singing "Yo, ho, ho, and a bottle of rum," Long John Silver and his fellow pirates started to swill their grog.
2  Get a bucket to swill the yard down.
3  Men were standing around, swilling beer and occasionally leering at passing females.