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
At noon we slid down a vertiginous slope to a peasant hut, and just as I was gulping sour milk from a wooden bowl, a rifle shot rang out outside.
From Time Magazine Archive
As I was gulping down a bottle of water, I realized that I should log back in and warn Aech and Art3mis.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
