gulp

Example Sentences

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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

"I did see him surface and I think he took a gulp, and then I thought I saw him being thrown in the air," she said.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2024

I push it away, trying to gulp down air to get my words out.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender