gulp
verb (used without object)
to gasp or choke, as when taking large drafts of a liquid.
was gulping
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past progressiveof gulp.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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In fact, I was gulping some of the Sailing Goat’s excellent clam chowder when my innkeepers’ 22-foot boat puttered up to the dock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
Her dad, Jim, emerges a few seconds later, and when I ask whether he cried, he gestures silently to his throat, and says he was gulping to hold back the tears.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 15, 2013
He was gulping nitroglycerine tablets and was virtually incapacitated, unable to do simple chores on his Seminole, Texas, ranch.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was homemade "Lemonade Opera," and though the singing and acting were occasionally weak and sugary, Manhattan was gulping it down.
From Time Magazine Archive
The boy was still far ahead of him, and Roy was gulping like a beached trout.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
