gullets
Example Sentences
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Scientists still aren’t sure how often the rats anoint, or even how they tolerate the toxins themselves, especially if some of it ends up going down their gullets.
From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2020
Males and females share the load equally, flying up to 20 miles to stuff their gullets with herring and sand lance to feed their voracious young.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2019
The 18-game losing streak stuck in some gullets.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2014
In 1918 some 3,000,000 gallons of wine were imported to fill the slippers of chorus girls and the gullets of the rich.
From Slate • Aug. 5, 2012
Acorns, beechnuts, and chestnuts; strawberries, huckleberries, and blackberries; wheat, oats, and maize—all went down the pigeons’ iridescently feathered gullets.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
