Example Sentences
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Again, don't hold your breath – the company has been losing money hand over fist, the blast furnaces are nearing the end of their useful life, and the cost of energy it gulps is enormous.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2025
They took gulps of water simultaneously, as the moderators began.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2024
With bottles and glasses lined up before them, judges from several countries sampled various brands, swishing gulps of water and sometimes spitting mouthfuls into canisters, as wine tasters do.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023
Most worrying, despite some effusive high notes and a sympathetic presence, the soprano Latonia Moore sounded ragged in the title role, her voice weakening by the ends of phrases, separated by big gulps of breath.
From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2022
A second piece of bacon was mutilated and consumed in two carnivorous gulps.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
