'swallow' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'swallow' with 20 example sentences.
- swallow noun
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: a small amount of liquid food
: the act of swallowing
: small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations
- swallow verb
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: pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
: engulf and destroy
: enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing
: utter unclearly
: take back what one has said
: keep from expressing
: tolerate or accommodate oneself to
: believe or accept without questioning or challenge
Have you ever seen a snake swallowing a mouse?
The snake swallowed a frog.
My throat hurts when I swallow.
The verdict was a bitter pill to swallow.
The abandoned city was swallowed by the jungle.
Why did you swallow all those pills?
The baby has presumably swallowed the pacifier.
Food should be chewed before being swallowed.
I think I swallowed a fly.
The snake is swallowing an egg.
He was swallowed by the abyss.
Swallows build their nests from clay.
Have you ever swallowed an apricot pit?
Swallows are flying in the sky.
You mustn't swallow unreliable information that's on the Web.
The boy can't tell a swallow from a sparrow.
One swallow does not make a spring.
Thick clouds swallowed the airplane.
You need to swallow your pride.
The ATM swallowed my card.