Sipped

He sipped from the white teacup, its flowered pattern a contrast to his dirty hands. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Nursing a sore throat, she sipped from a cup of green tea into which she deposited spoonfuls of honey. ❋ Unknown (2005)

He sipped from a can of Cherry Coke and exchanged a look with his straight man Munger, whose myopic self-containment seemed impregnable. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Lady Eskdale sent off another groom to Lord Eskdale, and tried to finish her sandwich, but thought the bread was dry and the butter strong, and again sipped her gooseberry wine, and avowed that she never quite liked home-made wines. ❋ Unknown (1860)

She sipped from a Martini, “They’re also something to fap over when the big man is looking elsewhere.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

He paused again sipped his coffee and continued “and people will only get disappointed because that’s not what we’re here for and we’re no good at it.” ❋ Inspector Gadget (2008)

Mr. Orne slowly fished a quill toothpick from the pocket of his overcoat, set the end of the quill in his mouth, and "sipped" the air sibilantly, gazing over Britt's head with professional gravity. ❋ Holman Day (1900)

Mr. Breed pursed his little mouth and "sipped" with gusto. ❋ Holman Day (1900)

Crabtree told investigators she had "sipped" drinks at four bars during a night of bar-hopping with friends and was sober when she swerved to avoid a deer and drove into the pole at 2: 44 a.m. on Nov. 25, 2007. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I said yes, and though I can't stomach alcohol I sipped away and pretended I wasn't suppressing the desire to let you have a look at what I ate for lunch. ❋ Sin (2011)

I was young, poorly paid and grateful merely to have a reliable car that sipped gasoline—never mind the tiny engine, hand-crank windows and lack of prestige conveyed by the car's boxy, hatchback profile. ❋ Joseph B. White (2011)

He sipped coffee and listened to Ben suck at leftover pieces of chicken salad stuck between his teeth. ❋ Danny Goodman (2011)

Rather than being frustrated by the vagaries of the weather and the long hold-ups I reverted to past habits and borrowed guitars to play in come-all-ye sessions or added my tales – looking around to find a shark as long as the kayak following me when off the Mayo coast, being caught in a gale and dragged out to sea in Dundalk Bay – to the stories told along counters over slowly sipped pints. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"There's a suffocating atmosphere in Egypt, and I'm tired of it," said Dandarwi, a lawyer dressed impeccably in a dark blue pinstriped suit, who quietly sipped coffee Thursday afternoon as he waited for the next protest to begin. ❋ Griff Witte (2011)

If you haven't yet sipped the TED Kool-Aid, get yourself a straw. ❋ Diana Nyad (2012)