swallow
Example Sentences
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People have to eat, so they’ll have to swallow hard when paying more at the grocery store due to more expensive diesel fuel and fertilizer costs.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
She said that politics, the cost of living and competition from Chinese companies forced Honda to roll black EV plans and "swallow the costs".
From BBC • May 14, 2026
Leonard played 65 games and averaged a career-best 27.9 points, however Wednesday’s loss was a bitter pill to swallow.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
For centuries, the ocean has threatened to swallow Nantucket, a pork-chop-shaped barrier island 30 miles off Massachusetts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Any time she was mentioned I suddenly felt like I was trying to swallow a golf ball.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Vocabulary lists containing swallow
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 2
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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