swallow
Example Sentences
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"If I didn't have a bottle of water in my hand, I couldn't swallow and I would choke on my own saliva," he explained.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
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 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
“It’s really hard for sellers to swallow that the market has changed so much since 2022,” Fairweather said.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
She reaches over the counter and hands me our Scrabble game and I swallow over a bulge that wrenches up in my throat.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Vocabulary lists containing swallow
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 2
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