gulped

past tense of gulp

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Recent Examples of gulped 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
  • The producer, the director, and a few other execs sat on the porch and sipped drinks as the sun went down.
    Cameron Crowe, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Mihara said while some guests were on their phones or laptops, Mangione quietly sipped on a beer and wrote in his journal or read a book.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Its use was banned in many countries around the turn of the millennium amid concerns that the fibers, when airborne, could result in potentially fatal lung diseases if inhaled.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Previous research has found that TCE, when inhaled or ingested, can easily cross the blood-brain barrier and cause damage to neurons.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • On a recent day, a patron drank a Guinness at the bar amid walls are covered in funeral notices from people who had come for a drink after saying that final goodbye.
    Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Three or four decades ago, the newspaperman was appealingly raffish—at once a bum who drank too much and a knight-errant who charged unafraid at social injustice, succored the weak, and crossed lances with the powerful and arrogant.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Angelo’s is the lunch stop and Strowman devoured ribs, brisket and more smoked meats, restaurant owner Jason George told the Star-Telegram.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The little green worm quickly devoured yours.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Old money circles scoffed at its outlandishness; construction had cost some $3 million (about $95 million today).
    Leonora Epstein, Architectural Digest, 10 Oct. 2025
  • One high-profile conservative scoffed at the idea of Weiss being one of them, noting that the White House continues to deny The Free Press credentials.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 7 Oct. 2025

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“Gulped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gulped. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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