gulped

past tense of gulp

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of gulped That public has continually widened its gullet and gulped. — Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026 Many years had passed since Caity Maple, a Sacramento councilmember, gulped down orange juice. — Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026 With the dead and the wounded sprawled around them, the mocambos gulped the wine from the sacramental chalice. — Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026 As studios gulped down profits, talent below and above the line began to demand adequate shares of the pie. — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026 Alarms go off, phones come out, coffee is gulped down, and before either partner is fully awake, they’re already headed into separate days. — Mark Travers, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2026 So the 46,000 at the Stadium of Light gulped again. — Michael Walker, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gulped
Verb
  • In 2026, the man known as Beast Mode sipped his Hennessy from a similar perch that housed Queen Elizabeth in 1984.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
  • On a humid March evening in 2025, Erin Zapcic sipped Sauvignon Blanc in an Irish bar four miles from the castle where her Medieval Times career began.
    — Alessandra Schade, Vanity Fair, 28 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Severity depends on the amount of bacteria that’s inhaled, the strain that’s involved and individual susceptibility, Vanrompay says.
    — Rachel Melegrito, Scientific American, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Apparently Robyn is the only one who has inhaled enough fresh air to recognize the friction.
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The couple cut a vanilla sponge cake decorated with pink roses and, come evening, drank espresso martinis all night long.
    — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Clark drank from the cup while receiving an ovation from the crowd.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • According to Greek mythology, every nine years Athens had to send fourteen young people to the Minotaur’s labyrinth, in Crete, where they were devoured as sacrificial victims.
    — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Desire can be terrifying when your hormones kick in, and yet one can only dream of being devoured by Her Majesty, Taylor Russell.
    — Vulture Editors, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Which might explain why some have scoffed the film’s designation as a documentary.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Trump scoffed at questions about affordability, insisting that they'd been caused by Biden, who left office more than two years ago.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2026

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“Gulped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gulped. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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