swallow up
Example Sentences
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And it's understood that the Treasury won't swallow up all of the welfare savings.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2025
In the spleen, most of the infected cells detected were frontline immune cells -- macrophages and monocytes -- known as phagocytes whose job is to swallow up invading organisms.
From Science Daily • Sep. 29, 2023
California is an enormous place, and it can swallow up even the ambitious and industrious.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2023
Danault opened the scoring when he put home a rebound at 6:40 of the second frame after Viktor Arvidsson hammered a slap shot that Sorokin failed to swallow up.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2023
But in mid-June, 1906, the deep yawning hole that would swallow up Granny looked horrible, like it could suck me down.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
