be swallowed up
Example Sentences
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“I just think they need to be more effective at explaining the science in a way that can be swallowed up by the masses.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
“I just didn’t want my life to be swallowed up by my work,” the 46-year-old star of M. Night Shyamalan’s new movie “Trap” said in a Guardian interview published Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2024
But that distrust could make it easier for the island to be swallowed up.
From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2024
Island nations have spearheaded the effort to keep global temperatures below 1.5 degrees because it's a matter of survival for low-lying atolls that could be swallowed up by rising ocean waters.
From Salon • Mar. 17, 2023
“If the ocean keeps rising the island will be swallowed up by the waves and I don’t even know how to swim!”
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
