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 Nowhere is the gap between noise and signal wider than in the obsession that has swallowed every other story, which is AI. — Nigel Morris, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 In an exam room at City of Hope Cancer Center Chicago, Gardner shook three light blue pills out of a bottle and, sipping water, swallowed them one at a time. — Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026 The action around Charlotte never slows down, from a North Carolina native chasing love on a Netflix reality show to finding the pathway to exploring a century-old mansion swallowed by the woods. — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 7 Aug. 2026 Surely a minute had passed since her father had swallowed the drug. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026 Once swallowed by a human, the oocysts make their way down the esophagus, to the stomach and then the intestines. — Pien Huang, NPR, 2 Aug. 2026 Experts have ruled out lead toxicity and swallowed objects, but a diagnosis remains elusive. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026 Last year, nearly 20 inches of floodwater swallowed his home. — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 20 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swallowed
  1. sipped
  2. stifled
  3. believed
  4. chewed
  5. suppressed
  6. accepted
  7. drank
  8. took
Verb
  • Acker had brought two large deli coffees, and Lee sipped his from a straw.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • In a separate photo showcasing her stomach, Culpo sipped on a smoothie from Erewhon in an effort to beat the heat.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of sipped
Verb
  • Raman asserted that there have been only three Inside Safe operations in her district and that her committee has been stifled by inaction from the mayor.
    — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
  • In the late 1800s however, the Chinese Exclusion Act stifled the thriving community, and other immigrant communities began to make their mark on Gilroy.
    — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 31 July 2026
Definition of stifled
Verb
  • Despite the help from aircraft, law enforcement could not locate the suspects after searching all of the rail cars investigators believed the burglars entered.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The church was designed by Wallace Rayfield, believed to be the second practicing African-American architect in the country.
    — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of believed
Verb
  • When most of us think about edible seeds, our minds usually jump to chia seeds stirred into smoothies or overnight oats, pumpkin seeds roasted after carving jack-o'-lanterns each fall, or sunflower seeds chewed and spit out at a baseball game.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
  • As was often the case in college towns, the music scene and its cycling culture often chewed the same dirt.
    — Tom Campbell, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of chewed
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  • Hydrogen evolution is therefore suppressed, leaving more opportunity for CO₂-derived pathways that produce carbon monoxide and formate.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
  • And the nastiest errors of all, the bit-flips, are suppressed to around one in a million operations.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of suppressed
Verb
  • Progress on a new distribution deal has been glacial but Premier League clubs have, at least, recently put a proper offer to EFL, though one which seems unlikely to be accepted.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Ruiz was also amiable and generous-hearted in these moments, less severe than usual, and accepted their help.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of accepted
Verb
  • Hampton drank three Shiner bottled beers and two shots of whiskey at a Grand Prairie pool hall and smoked marijuana at his manager’s house in the hours before the collision, Hampton told a police officer near the scene.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Kenzo leaned back so that his bobbing Adam’s apple was visible, and drank it down in one gulp.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of drank
Verb
  • Ford took one final adventure as the legendary character under the direction of James Mangold with Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Their 34-10 win over the Browns on Saturday at Soldier Field included 34 unanswered points after Cleveland took a 10-0 lead.
    — Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of took

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