Example Sentences

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Instead, something like this could happen: Maybe a raw milk drinker will gulp down some bird flu virus.

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2024

Baleen whales will gulp up water teeming with ocean critters, then filter the water out through their baleen.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2023

Raptors, fish, spiders, snakes and turtles will gulp them down when given the chance.

From Scientific American • Apr. 9, 2021

I have no doubt that there are people who will gulp the third season’s 10 hours down in a single pass this weekend, and they’re welcome to it.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2019

“Some of these days a big storm will gulp it down for good.”

From Killykinick by Waggaman, Mary T. (Mary Theresa)