swallow
Example Sentences
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The fact he had no responsibility for all this meant, he said, that it was "an incredibly difficult pill to swallow - not a lot, and the whole season could look totally different".
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
One swallow doesn’t make a summer, and one Snowflake beat doesn’t mark the end of the software winter.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
“I believe he died in the way he wanted to. But humanly, it’s hard for us to swallow the concept of, ‘I can’t pick up the phone and call my brother.’”
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
“It’s really hard for sellers to swallow that the market has changed so much since 2022,” Fairweather said.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
At the thought of Ambuya, Nhamo felt such a wave of lonely-sickness sweep over her, she had to swallow hard several times to keep from crying out loud.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Vocabulary lists containing swallow
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 2
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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