Example Sentences

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China is swallowing up a growing share of the world’s market for manufactured goods.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

It’s like a malevolent Ouroboros, where we can’t tell which is the head and which the tail, or which end is swallowing the other.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025

China's yuan is also coming under pressure - ahead of a week-long holiday that begins on Friday - on fresh concern that the struggling property market is swallowing growth.

From Reuters • Sep. 28, 2023

At this stage, Murray's company is swallowing that expense.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2023

Can’t see the rest of him because the big soft couch is swallowing up the whole middle of him.

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor