Example Sentences

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Gulping a bottle of water to calm the fury inside him, Tyronn Lue waited before speaking at a postgame dais, as visibly upset as the coach had appeared since becoming the Clippers coach in 2019.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2022

Gulping from a spout piping cool water from the wall, one in the group hollered: “It’s melted glaciers, girls!”

From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2021

Gulping the last of it at breakfast, we headed down the trail and found we’d stopped just a quarter mile from our bulging jerry cans.

From Washington Post • Apr. 30, 2015

Gulping with astonishment he called back the elevator man, who summoned blue arms of the law, who brought detectives and newsgatherers in their train.

From Time Magazine Archive

“You can keep it if you like, I’ve got a few of them. They’re really excellent for warding off Gulping Plimpies.”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling