swallowed
Example Sentences
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Jack had reached for a vol-au-vent, swallowed it whole in one bite, rinsed it down with a glass of champagne and seized center stage all in one action.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026
So far, the raptor center says it has ruled out lead poisoning and the presence of swallowed objects, among other things.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
“It’s like this that humanism itself gets swallowed up by nihilism,” he adds, concretizing that image in his movie with many scenes of environmental degradation realized as crawling blobs of death.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Many stars are poor candidates because chemical signatures from swallowed planets can fade or become difficult to distinguish.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
Not very stealthily, I sucked in a cooling breath and then swallowed the hot chocolate as fast as I could.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
