be swallowed up
Example Sentences
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“I just think they need to be more effective at explaining the science in a way that can be swallowed up by the masses.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
Still, “Los Angeles Plays Itself” narrator Encke King says that “the entire world seems to be rooting for Los Angeles to slide into the Pacific or to be swallowed up by the San Andreas fault.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025
Prempeh was the Asante king, or "Asantehene", of the late 19th Century who resisted British demands that his territory be swallowed up into the expanding Gold Coast protectorate.
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2024
But that distrust could make it easier for the island to be swallowed up.
From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2024
“Please,” she said again, thinking she might be swallowed up in the woman’s eyes, the moonlight.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
