- present participle of swallow.
swallowing
Example Sentences
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A 50-year-old father and his young sons were left "pale" and "exhausted after swallowing a lot of seawater" before being rescued, local government official Amorn Chomchoey told AFP.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Large, careful trials have not found that swallowing high-dose vitamin C helps people with established cancer live longer.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Kim Varet said her supporters have “obviously put a lot of thought into” which of the incumbents to support, but they have had a hard time swallowing the idea of voting for either.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Workers at the plant say they are long overdue for significant raises after swallowing a roughly 50% pay cut in 2008 to keep the plant running.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
He had no idea why he’d become a reticulated python, but it did explain his dream about slowly swallowing a cow.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
