Example Sentences

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Plus, after years of balking at higher prices, consumers now are swallowing them.

From Washington Post • Apr. 2, 2022

Though the networks, mainly Disney-owned ESPN/ABC, may have balked at the rights fees the NFL is seeking over the next decade, they also pretty much are swallowing hard and ponying up.

From Washington Times • Mar. 5, 2021

Bottle-fed babies are swallowing millions of microplastic particles a day, according to research described as a “milestone” in the understanding of human exposure to tiny plastics.

From The Guardian • Oct. 19, 2020

All over the world, sea turtles are swallowing bits of plastic floating in the ocean, mistaking them for tasty jellyfish, or just unable to avoid the debris that surrounds them.

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2018

In the distance, thick clouds, their undersides an angry shade of dark, are swallowing up the blue sky, and the breeze carries the humid scent of the coming rain.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam