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cool drink

British  

noun

  1. any soft drink

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Example Sentences

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“In a filmmaking universe where Michael Bay and Zack Snyder seem to be in a battle to see who can damage more eardrums, first-time feature writer and director Max Walker-Silverman has taken the opposite tack. There is sound, including an excellent soundtrack and score, but there is no noise. It’s the cinematic equivalent of a deep breath and a cool drink.”

From Washington Post

The person who's actually doing the oppression is just sitting back with his feet kicked up, drinking a cool drink, and watching all of the infighting happening between change makers.

From Salon

There is long-standing antipathy and when a game of high controversy, hot tempers and two managers seemingly intent on getting right up each other's nose had concluded, Boehly probably needed a long, cool drink to calm down along with everyone else.

From BBC

It’s the cinematic equivalent of a deep breath and a cool drink.

From Washington Post

“The more I thought about geology,” she writes, “the more I felt calm and comforted. … That geologic timeline spooling out and out into the past and then again into the future felt like a tall cool drink on a hot day.”

From Washington Post