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.
unswallowed
-
a word derived from
swallow.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
With anguished faces and painful stomachs, they watched while unswallowed diamonds to a total weight of 2,000 carats were swept and gathered up by the police.
From Time Magazine Archive
Leaving the rest of the meal unswallowed, I went to the doorway of the yard and there found my old friend, Kambula.
From Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain by Henry Rider Haggard
And so tired have I been, that once or twice I woke in the morning with my hand at my mouth, the unswallowed morsel between my teeth.
From Tracks of a Rolling Stone by Henry J. (Henry John) Coke
