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

By the late 1920s, developers had swallowed up much of the Eastern Seaboard and were pursuing properties on the Pacific and Gulf coasts.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025

Fighting budget cuts last year, Chief Constable Sir Iain Livingstone said the force has made annual savings of £200m since 2013 and had swallowed far more than its fair share of austerity.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2023

One video appeared to show a major highway cut in half by a giant hole that had swallowed several vehicles in Mont-Ngafula district.

From Reuters • Dec. 13, 2022

I was lathered up in calamine lotion and had swallowed a bucketful of antihistamines with my morning orange juice.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda