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swallowed

verb

past tense of swallow
1
as in sipped
to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat try not to swallow the toothpaste

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2
as in stifled
to refrain from openly showing or uttering swallowed his pride and asked for help

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3
as in believed
to regard as right or true my little niece swallows everything I tell her

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Recent Examples of swallowed Between a courier caught in the middle of a zombie virus outbreak and a scuba diver swallowed whole by a sperm whale, both films put Abrams’ respective lead characters, Bryan and Jay, through uniquely harrowing one-man crucibles. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026 The 30-piece toy sets include 2-inch figures that contain magnets in the hands and feet, which can be detached and swallowed. — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026 The film shows how flamenco has often swallowed disruption whole only to morph itself anew. — Callum McLennan, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026 The play was blown up by Ojomo, who spun off the block of Washington center Nick Allegretti and swallowed Bates behind the line of scrimmage. — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026 The thought of Margaret trapped in the skyscraper, swallowed up by flames and heat, is an overwhelming load for a mother to carry. — Nicole Avery Nichols, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026 In recent years, Medicare Part B premiums alone, usually deducted straight from monthly Social Security checks, have swallowed much of COLA. — Medora Lee, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026 Half of the game's length is swallowed up by me trudging from point A to point B while characters yap endlessly about the current goings-on. — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026 The diver gets swallowed by an 80-foot, 60-ton sperm whale and has only one hour to escape before his oxygen runs out. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swallowed
  1. sipped
  2. stifled
  3. believed
  4. chewed
  5. suppressed
  6. accepted
  7. drank
  8. took
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
Definition of sipped
Verb
  • The pipeline offered a way for Saudi Arabia to shift exports to the Red Sea and avoid the Persian Gulf’s Strait of Hormuz, where Iranian attacks have stifled the movement of oil tankers.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The developments further strain Saudi Arabia's effort to get its oil to market while avoiding the Strait of Hormuz, the choke point at the mouth of the Persian Gulf where Iranian attacks have stifled shipping.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of stifled
Verb
  • About 78% of those surveyed believed the current administration’s policies had not helped address cost of living and inflation.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Considering Arizona quarterback Jacoby Brissett has thrown the football 65 times in those two games, and just one of those 65 has been hauled in by the player who many believed would be the face of the franchise, is alarming.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of believed
Verb
  • The part that was chewed was the part that goes over your instep, a kind of flap or lip.
    — Lydia Davis, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2026
  • His clawed and chewed backpack revealed that he, too, could have been critically injured.
    — Jan Thacker, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of chewed
Verb
  • The record fizzled; after a few weeks, Spector suppressed any further distribution of it.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Native peoples in New England and Bermuda kept alive their family histories and stories throughout the centuries, even when colonial documents suppressed or omitted these connections.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of suppressed
Verb
  • Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach accepted more than $10,000 in campaign contributions from a conservative news CEO and a Kansas car dealer that exceeded limits for individual donors set by state law, a new ethics complaint alleges.
    — Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Election officials determined my eligibility, prepared and sent the correct ballot and accepted it under applicable law.
    — Lee Moak, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of accepted
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
Definition of drank
Verb
  • Gap took the idea into a more accessible realm during New York Fashion Week, announcing its new Five-Pocket Tote and the rest of Reed Krakoff’s GapBag collection with a large installation of the model at Rockefeller Center.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Luz Zavala is a mother with many questions – and the determination to find answers – after her 21-year-old son Juanito Lopez took his own life last week.
    — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of took

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“Swallowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swallowed. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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