swallow
Example Sentences
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One swallow doesn’t make a summer, and one Snowflake beat doesn’t mark the end of the software winter.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
“I believe he died in the way he wanted to. But humanly, it’s hard for us to swallow the concept of, ‘I can’t pick up the phone and call my brother.’”
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
The victim's father said Lecka’s deportation was "really hard to swallow".
From BBC • May 20, 2026
“I was on a tube feeder then a puréed diet for a couple months. Then speech and swallow therapy. Then a vocal coach.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
As if he were proud of the fact that he had knocked me out of a two dollar reward, the big monkey then did something that all but caused me to swallow my Adam’s apple.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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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