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 Porush swallowed a black goldfish while Gelfand swallowed another one. — Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 14 July 2026 Towering flames and thick black smoke swallowed a New York State Police cruiser after a chain-reaction crash on a rural highway Tuesday morning, leaving two troopers injured, according to authorities, as dramatic photos captured the fiery aftermath. — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026 Anticipating the same vast shifts, Disney swallowed up most of Fox's Hollywood holdings in 2019. — David Folkenflik, NPR, 13 July 2026 On its way back to Britain, the vessel was eventually swallowed up in the New Ground Reef. — Amara Evering, Miami Herald, 11 July 2026 Arrax was the first of these creatures to die when he and his rider, Rhaenyra's son Prince Lucerys (Elliot Grihault), were swallowed up by Aemond's Vhagar in the season 1 finale. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 6 July 2026 Each player swallowed a biometric tablet, about the size of a large vitamin, so that scientists could see how well his body cooled itself. — Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026 But the corresponding upheaval is still catastrophic for any surrounding planets, which either get swallowed up by the expanding star, or drift into wider orbits as the star’s gravity weakens—some are flung out from the system entirely. — Sam MacDonald, Scientific American, 1 July 2026 Fairfax Falls In Kansas, water incrementally swallowed the Fairfax District. — Kansas City Public Library Staff, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swallowed
  1. sipped
  2. stifled
  3. believed
  4. chewed
  5. suppressed
  6. accepted
  7. drank
  8. took
Verb
  • As the two young women talked, the thirty-five-year-old man sipped the icemelt at the bottom of his glass.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
  • Inside, Rodríguez Castro sipped an Aperol spritz, then moved on to a California red wine not on the menu.
    — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of sipped
Verb
  • Defense prevailed in the final FIFA World Cup match in Dallas-Fort Worth, as Spain stifled rival France 2-0 in the semifinals Tuesday at AT&T Stadium.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
  • Bobby Child is stifled by having to work in his family’s banking business.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2026
Definition of stifled
Verb
  • Surveillance footage obtained by The Associated Press appears to show a white sedan, believed to be Durán Guerrero on his way to work, driving in circles near an intersection before an unmarked vehicle blocks its path.
    — Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
  • The recent announcement of the exit of Marianne Lake, whom several analysts believed was the top CEO candidate, led investors to think that perhaps Dimon wasn’t planning on leaving anytime soon, Najarian said.
    — Hugh Son,Laya Neelakandan,Leslie Picker,Ritika Shah, CNBC, 14 July 2026
Definition of believed
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  • Walker wore his Cardinals hat backward, chewed a big wad of bubble gum and reveled afterward in flashing his imitation Liberty Bell bling, the champions chain presented by Ryan Howard.
    — Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
  • Walker chewed a big wad of bubble gum and wore his cap backward just like Hall of Famer and Derby great Ken Griffey Jr.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 14 July 2026
Definition of chewed
Verb
  • Trump hadn’t yet declared war on Iran, but the country was roiling with protests, which had been harshly suppressed.
    — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • Chinese exploitation of voter data claims Trump argued that the intelligence community suppressed information about China allegedly accessing 220 million voter files and trying to turn American opinion against him in the run-up to the 2020 election.
    — Justin Fishel, ABC News, 17 July 2026
Definition of suppressed
Verb
  • Sanford and Son ended after the actor accepted an offer from competitor ABC to star in his own variety series, which lasted less than a year.
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
  • Since then, Carr has accepted tickets annually, except when the 2020 event was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to his public disclosures.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
Definition of accepted
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  • Three years later, censured by his Senate colleagues, ostracized by his party, and ignored by the press, McCarthy drank himself to death, a broken man at the age of 48.
    — Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2026
  • On the day of the murders, he was said to have drank more than a quart of vodka.
    — Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 July 2026
Definition of drank
Verb
  • So Bedard took the advice of his doctors and got the surgery immediately.
    — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • Excluding the journey to Qatar, the flight that took the longest lasted 344 minutes and went from Miami to Seattle, where Infantino attended the Belgium-Egypt match on June 15.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
Definition of took

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