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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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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
The city of Kiruna in Arctic Sweden is being slowly swallowed by the iron ore mine upon which it was built.
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Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 25 May 2026
Nate was a piranha in a small pond who found himself in a dangerous ecosystem, swallowed by bigger, more dangerous predators.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
Then, toward close, the episode descended into an extended metaphor about Colbert not getting swallowed up by the corporate corruption that shadowed the Late Show cancellation.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026
The rest is swallowed by documentation, insurance requirements, inbox messages and regulatory tasks.
—Fj Campbell, Fortune, 20 May 2026
An inmate in 2024 swallowed multiple batteries and was then given his regular medication and sent back to his cell about 10 minutes later, rather than placed under heightened supervision, the lawsuit states.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 19 May 2026
Then Doris and her family are sent off on the train, swallowed whole by the Holocaust.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
Kayakers on Harbor Island watched as their entire campsite was swallowed by the tide.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026
An anti-road novel in which the road dwindles and is swallowed up by the land and then re-forms, looping back to its starting place.
—Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 25 May 2026
Nate was a piranha in a small pond who found himself in a dangerous ecosystem, swallowed by bigger, more dangerous predators.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
Then, toward close, the episode descended into an extended metaphor about Colbert not getting swallowed up by the corporate corruption that shadowed the Late Show cancellation.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026
The rest is swallowed by documentation, insurance requirements, inbox messages and regulatory tasks.
—Fj Campbell, Fortune, 20 May 2026
An inmate in 2024 swallowed multiple batteries and was then given his regular medication and sent back to his cell about 10 minutes later, rather than placed under heightened supervision, the lawsuit states.
—Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 19 May 2026
Then Doris and her family are sent off on the train, swallowed whole by the Holocaust.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
Kayakers on Harbor Island watched as their entire campsite was swallowed by the tide.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026
An anti-road novel in which the road dwindles and is swallowed up by the land and then re-forms, looping back to its starting place.
—Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swallowed
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This is a bourbon designed to be sipped slowly and revisited.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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Just around the corner from the rally on Tajrish Square, in a tranquil park near the Cinema Museum of Iran, locals perused an open-air book stall and sipped tea, while couples strolled hand in hand.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
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And while the state has seen strong GDP growth in recent months, business groups still worry that this economic success could be stifled by limited job growth and economic uncertainty in the wake of federal policy changes.—
P.R. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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Embarrassed in the first period, stifled in the second, the Avs did something that almost never happens in this town with this team.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
14 May 2026
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Adam Alfia, the founder and CEO, believed that feedback in the moment has the advantages already mentioned.—
Shep Hyken,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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Pricey dental work Recovered from an early 19th-century burial in the 3rd Order of Our Lady of Carmo hospital in Porto, the prosthetic is believed to have sat in the mouth of a young female adult, though researchers could not confirm.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
24 May 2026
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At times there have been as many as a half dozen lemons chewed at different levels of the tree.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
25 May 2026
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At its peak, the fire chewed through five football fields a minute.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
Verb
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People were craving the culture and art that had been suppressed during his oppressive reign.—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
27 May 2026
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The Supreme Court spent much of the January oral arguments grappling with the biological advantage men tend to have over women in sports, and whether there is validity to claims that a man’s biological advantage can be suppressed by hormone drugs.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
27 May 2026
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The judge accepted that Matthew was legally insane and scheduled a May hearing that would have determined his future custody, the outlet reported.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
24 May 2026
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Nuno must find a way to instil some belief in a group of players that looked to have accepted their fate at St James’ Park last weekend.—
Graham Ruthven,
New York Times,
24 May 2026
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Of those who drank, a quarter reported having four or more drinks in one sitting — binge drinking — in the prior month.—
Isabella Cueto,
STAT,
19 May 2026
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For four hours, the group of artists laughed, drank, and debated their position in the rapidly shifting cultural landscape.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
18 May 2026
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Suvali took longer to be claimed and eventually Ethan was volunteered by the room and accepted with grace.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
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Pressure is a privilege and, in our case, the players took those competitions seriously.—
Zach McMahon,
Boston Herald,
29 May 2026
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“Swallowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swallowed. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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