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
  • Whether or not customers have sipped on Arabic coffee before, the pair are confident future customers will be hooked.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026
  • For cocktail hour, guests sipped and snacked on light bites while taking a look at the BTS of Siriano’s creative process and inspirations.
    — Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In effect, thousands of tons of materials that were never intended to be inhaled were crushed, burned, aerosolized and deposited across a densely populated urban area.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Messick emerged from the dugout tunnel Monday afternoon in a hoodie with cutoff sleeves, inhaled and reveled in the crisp air that tends to accompany a playoff race.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The share of adults who drank any alcohol in the past year fell by nearly 2%, and the share who drank heavily fell by more than 8% from 2022 to 2024, according to the study.
    — Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
  • His daughter's husband, who drank heavily, toppled off his boat and drowned.
    — Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 20 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Soon Drews noticed the speed with which her cheesecakes were devoured.
    — David Farley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Typically just a minute or two in length, the videos are devoured by Chinese audiences at breakfast, on their morning commutes, during their lunch breaks and on their free time after work — and almost any time in between.
    — Ling Wei, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • When McGirr’s debut McQueen collection walked the runway in March of 2024 in Paris, some raved and some scoffed.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Lee scoffed at the notion such a large-scale project deserved a federal exemption.
    — Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

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“Gulped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gulped. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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