How to Use slurp in a Sentence

slurp

verb

• He always slurps his soup.
• Save the noodles for the end and slurp them with the last of the broth.
  — Providence Cicero, The Seattle Times, 18 May 2017
• Open the shell, and give the peanut a chew, slurping some brine with it.
  — Matt and Ted Lee, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2023
• Boat to them, scoop them out of the bay and slurp them up on a tidal flat.
  — Richard Stenger, SFChronicle.com, 3 July 2018
• Diners can slurp along a bar in front of the open kitchen.
  — Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, 22 Aug. 2019
• Grab a comfy seat, queue up The Princess Bride, and slurp away.
  — Aliza Abarbanel, Bon Appetit, 14 May 2018
• Brain freeze Grab a big straw and slurp away with this cool deal from 7-Eleven.
  — Laura Daily and Bryan K. Chavez, The Know, 18 May 2017
• The true customer of Big Slushie isn’t you, the slurper, but the C-stores who would tempt you to slurp.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2022
• Dip the thick, chewy noodles into the bowl of hot soup and slurp up all the goodness.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2023
• The participants were told to sip, rate the soup, then slurp and rate it.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2021
• Eat the molluscs steamed or slurp them down raw for just a dollar a piece.
  — Trevor Fraser, orlandosentinel.com, 29 Oct. 2019
• This is a tequila meant to be sipped in a tumbler, not slurped down in a shot glass.
  — Ron Hart, SPIN, 22 Nov. 2023
• My pro tip for the khinkali: Stab the nipple with your fork and slurp the soup inside of the dumpling upside-down.
  — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 15 Aug. 2019
• Oysters slurped straight from the shell just beg for Champagne.
  — Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com, 7 Feb. 2018
• To follow the verbs in the poem alone—to have, to slurp, to make, to sound like, to eat—is to listen to the heartbeat of the poem.
  — Rowan Ricardo Phillips, The New Republic, 13 Jan. 2023
• Nearby, inside a cage, a real bear slurps down one of the treats.
  — Jude Isabella, Smithsonian, 18 Oct. 2017
• Dying to go for a sail and slurp an oyster along the Rhode Island coast?
  — Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
• Go ahead and pick up the bowl to slurp that last sip of the intoxicating elixir.
  — Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 17 May 2022
• Check out our 16 favorite places to slurp down oysters in L.A.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
• Swishing, swirling, and slurping are par for the course in the fine water universe.
  — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 27 Mar. 2023
• Hold them by the stem, bite a hole in the thick noodle, slurp out the broth and finish off the dumpling — a nicely spiced ball of lamb, beef and pork.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 16 Mar. 2022
• There was a giant anteater slurping up pink yogurt off the deck.
  — National Geographic, 29 Oct. 2019
• The Kia slurped juice at less than a 50-kilowatt rate on the Supercharger.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 2 Aug. 2023
• The toad tongues were so fast, the beetles didn’t have time to react before being slurped up.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 21 Feb. 2018
• Then comes the captain’s dinner, which plays like a Monty Python sketch, as the guests try to slurp oysters while a storm rocks the boat.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 21 May 2022
• What better way to stay cool than by slurping a dozen oysters on ice?
  — OregonLive.com, 19 June 2017
• Most dogs will slurp from a bowl, but cats are famously finicky and some don't like their whiskers touching the sides of a small dish.
  — goodhousekeeping.com, 28 Apr. 2023
• Visitors then have the chance to shuck and slurp a little morsel of their own from the North Carolina coast.
  — Emily Cataneo, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2022
• Outside Kaito, sits a long sushi bar serving sashimi, maki, nigiri, and thick udon noodles to slurp.
  — Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
• The shrimp were delicious, head and all, but the sauce was so magnificent—complex, savory, sweet, sultry—that I was tempted to lift the bowl and slurp it down like soup.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024