- present participle of swallow.
swallowing
Example Sentences
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Because every merger is essentially one company swallowing the other.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Traffic cones are set back from the crater, which appears to be perilously close to swallowing the house's double garage.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Americans eat twice as much chicken today as they did in the 1970s, and fast-food places focusing specifically on chicken began swallowing truly staggering amounts of market share.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 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
Tidal waves were rising and, like starving mouths, swallowing morsels of land down dark blue throats.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
