be swallowed up
Example Sentences
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“I just think they need to be more effective at explaining the science in a way that can be swallowed up by the masses.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
Still, “Los Angeles Plays Itself” narrator Encke King says that “the entire world seems to be rooting for Los Angeles to slide into the Pacific or to be swallowed up by the San Andreas fault.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025
Earlier this week the government confirmed the administrative body would be swallowed up by the Department of Health and Social Care.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2025
Worldwide, rising sea levels and increasing urbanization represent a formula for disaster, with more and more people seeking to live on land that will, at some point, be swallowed up by the sea.
From New York Times • May 10, 2024
“Please,” she said again, thinking she might be swallowed up in the woman’s eyes, the moonlight.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
