1 This is not the time to drain the cup to the dregs.
2 Twice had I to drain the cup before the vigilant eyes of the whole table.
3 He had made up his mind to drain the cup of humiliation to the dregs.
4 She would drain the cup of pleasure, though the dregs might be bitter to the taste.
5 The whole point was to drain the cup !
6 Wasn't it wiser to take what life offered, drain the cup , and let come what might?
7 Half-swooning between the two men, the hapless creature seemed to drain the cup of bitterness to the dregs.
8 They drain the cup of voluptuous pleasure to its dregs, and flee from home as jejune and supine.
9 The crone admonished her to drain the cup without lingering, and to enter the tent where her master lay.
10 But he returned to drain the cup in my presence, crying between each sip "Columbus" or "1492."
11 Why was he staying to drain the cup to the dregs-he who had the whole world to choose from?
12 The only thing that he still desired was to drain the cup of pleasure in her society till all was over.
13 Let me drink deep of these things, drain the cup like a man who hasn't been out of London for months and months.
14 He made as though to drain the cup , but Madame pushed down his arms, uttered a low, puzzled laugh, and vanished from the room.
15 Herod was compelled to drain the cup to the dregs; he was not spared the knowledge that he had murdered his children without a cause.
16 Jesus trod the paths of pain, and drained the cup of sorrow.
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