gulp

Example Sentences

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I don’t recommend consuming “Whistler” in one enormous gulp.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Elon Musk took a gulp of water on stage at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland last month and started talking up one of his latest passions: data centers orbiting Earth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

These were all shows whose writers knew how to keep viewers on the hook by giving them small tastes of the biggest secrets, with the occasional gulp of a major reveal.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2025

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

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2024

Declaration took a big gulp of her RC and put her hat back on her head.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles