swallow
verb (used with object)
to take into the stomach by drawing through the throat and esophagus with a voluntary muscular action, as food, drink, or other substances.
had swallowed
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past perfectof swallow.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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I had swallowed my pride and agreed to pay him nearly $1,000 to cart away furniture and other large items.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
One of its notable successes was helping the Allies know that Hitler had swallowed the bait that the D-Day landings in June 1944 would be at Calais rather than Normandy.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2024
By wisely splitting author Frank Herbert’s sprawling 1965 sci-fi novel into two parts, director Denis Villeneuve managed to tame an unruly narrative sandworm that had swallowed up earlier filmmakers like David Lynch and Alejandro Jodorowsky.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2024
Amid the righteous grief that had swallowed up the United States, few words would have been less welcome or more relevant than these from a poem by W.H.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2023
As soon as Frodo had swallowed a little of the warm and fragrant liquor he felt a new strength of heart, and the heavy drowsiness left his limbs.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
