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.
swallow-like
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a word derived from
swallow.
Example Sentences
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Sometimes it skitters exhilaratingly around its bright upper reaches, then makes darting swallow-like swoops into the dark, resonant chest-tone regions of a Marilyn Home.
From Time Magazine Archive
Professor Laski, who has been skimming, swallow-like, from one European socialist conference to another, was also irresistibly attracted.
From Time Magazine Archive
There we tried to intercept the swallow-like flight of big sulphur and orange butterflies, though never with success.
From The Sea and the Jungle by H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson
It roves the locality, returning, swallow-like, to the close-fitting hollow of the root.
From Tropic Days by E. J. (Edmund James) Banfield
Since joining the squadron, I have used all sorts of machines, and there are many of them, from the heavy bombing machine to the swift little swallow-like scouts.
From Lest We Forget World War Stories by Inez Bigwood
