Example Sentences
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His titles — “Debbie Millstein Swallowed a Thumbtack,” “Hungarian Dog Wrestler,” “The Day It Rained Babies I Caught a Couple” — sounded as if he had borrowed them from old vaudeville routines.
From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2022
Swallowed Boba Fett whole in “Return of the Jedi.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2022
Kevin Scott Sutay: Swallowed by the Jungle Toby Muse An American veteran decided on a perilous trek, alone through Colombia’s remote and dangerous jungle.
From Newsweek • Jul. 25, 2013
But he had one other consolation - he sold the animal to Wombwell's menagerie for the the same amount where it was exhibited as "The Tiger that Swallowed the Boy".
From BBC • Nov. 5, 2012
Some examples of cumulative songs are “Hey Ho, the Rattlin’ Bog,” “There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly,” “The Green Grass Grew all Around,” “Allouette,” and “I Bought me a Cat.”
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
