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Recent Examples of gullet
Cut away lungs, reaching up into the neck as far as possible to sever gullet and windpipe.
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Maurice H. Decker,
Outdoor Life,
17 Sep. 2025
What excites me, after a decade and change of writing virtually the same review for every superhero film that was shoved down our gullets, is my suspicion that these movies will at least have the potential to suck in different and sometimes wildly unexpected ways.
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David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
11 Apr. 2025
The coverage of him has often been over the top and forced down the gullets of sports fans.
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Zach Harper,
The Athletic,
30 Dec. 2024
In one example, an individual bird was decapitated and had a corncob placed in its gullet.
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Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
27 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for gullet
Maurice H. Decker,
Outdoor Life,
17 Sep. 2025
What excites me, after a decade and change of writing virtually the same review for every superhero film that was shoved down our gullets, is my suspicion that these movies will at least have the potential to suck in different and sometimes wildly unexpected ways.
—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
11 Apr. 2025
The coverage of him has often been over the top and forced down the gullets of sports fans.
—
Zach Harper,
The Athletic,
30 Dec. 2024
In one example, an individual bird was decapitated and had a corncob placed in its gullet.
—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
27 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for gullet
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gullet
Noun
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Her boyfriend tried to get her out of the alligator’s mouth, officials said.
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Four meals a day, and 61 mouths to feed.
Noun
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Who shall enter the cavernous maw of our fair stadium next?
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Their lips, jaws, and the interior of their maws are—in terms of rigidity—akin to a ceramic dinner plate.
Noun
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In his weirdest picture—the late, baroque, campy Allegory of Faith—a bug-eyed female figure is shown clutching her chest, one foot balanced perilously on a globe, while a snake gushing blood from its jaws gyrates in the foreground.
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The blockbuster trade that sent Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk to the Florida Panthers had dads everywhere dropping their jaws and grill tongs.
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“Gullet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gullet. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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