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.
was swallowing
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past progressiveof swallow.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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Over the weekend, the council reported that the huge sinkhole was swallowing up even more road, threatening homes, cars and gardens.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2025
Astronomers claimed on Monday that they had discovered what might be the hungriest, most luminous object in the visible universe — a supermassive black hole that was swallowing a star a day.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
“For a long time, I was swallowing very hard,” Muoto said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
In that first song, “Rain on the Scarecrow,” Mellencamp described the financial crisis that was swallowing family farms in the Midwest.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
By the time he’d finished he was swallowing tears.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
