gulp
verb (used without object)
to gasp or choke, as when taking large drafts of a liquid.
is gulping
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present progressiveof gulp (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The only one who speaks is the other Addie, and her voice is gulping and hoarse, as though she were on her deathbed, drawing her final breath.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 22, 2019
The closest I can get to taking a breath of freedom is gulping the building’s filtered, recirculated air.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 27, 2015
And there may never be, because, along with its punishment, S.M.U. is gulping down a strong dose of preventive medicine.
From Time Magazine Archive
Otto preferred his mashed into milk and I had mine as is, gulping down three cinnamon-flavored bars in as many minutes.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
Somewhere near me a woman is gulping out sobs.
From Through Russia by C. J. Hogarth
