Word Finder - swallowed

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To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.

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To take (something) in so that it disappears; to consume, absorb.

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To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion.

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My throat was so sore that I was unable to swallow.

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To accept easily or without questions; to believe, accept.

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To engross; to appropriate; usually with up.

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To retract; to recant.

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to swallow one's opinions

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To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation.

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to swallow an affront or insult

Finally he swallowed and spoke.

Maybe he had swallowed her story.

She swallowed down a sob.

He glanced at his watch and swallowed before answering.

Sofia swallowed hard at the sight of so many vamps milling around.

He swallowed his food.

I closed my eyes and swallowed my sobs on the short trip to the police facility.

She swallowed her other questions and twisted her hands in her lap, distraught.

Yully swallowed hard and steadied herself.

The aunt coughed, swallowed, and said in French that she was very pleased to see Helene, then she turned to Pierre with the same words of welcome and the same look.

Allen swallowed audibly, but Giddon shifted his focus to Lisa.

She swallowed down a lump in her throat.

She swallowed hard and held out her hand to another woman in red.

She swallowed hard, willing herself to remember that she was meant for Gabriel, even if it was Darkyn's name on her back.

One thought emerged, fed by urgency that was quickly swallowed by cool magic.

The flames swallowed it.

Allen swallowed again, almost cringing as he licked his lips and turned desperate eyes on Lisa.

Deidre swallowed hard, images from her nightmares returning.

She swallowed hard and looked into his dark eyes again.

He closed his eyes tightly and swallowed around the lump in his throat.

Black pupils swallowed the color of her eyes.

She swallowed a lump in her throat.

He shook his head, declining to answer until he had swallowed the food in his mouth.

Deidre swallowed hard and nodded, reining in her panic.

The ache returned to his jaw as he swallowed venom, and the fangs painfully emerged.

Claudia swallowed hard and whispered, "Oh yes."

He met her eyes, then closed his and swallowed hard, fighting back tears.

She swallowed a bitter response.

She swallowed down a lump in her throat and tore her gaze from his.

She pushed herself up, reaching into a pocket for a food and water cube.  Gabriel took her arm and pulled her to her feet.  She nearly choked on the cubes and swallowed them whole, struggling to keep up with the death-dealer as he darted into the forest.

He took a bite of his sandwich and swallowed before he continued.

He had swallowed pride when he found the pregnancy test strip, and then again when she wanted to work in the nursery at church.

Darkness swallowed him before he could figure it out.

I meant to say, you probably know a lot more than I do because I've been with one woman only, he said when he'd swallowed.

Bianca swallowed hard, reminded of her time being bled near death by the former Black God and his son.

Jenn snorted and swallowed hard.

He was swallowed by the dark forest before she could return the wave.

The beam was swallowed by the catacombs, and it was still too dark around her to see how large the underground world was.

Memon, obsessed with the writhing creature, unhinged his jaw and swallowed it slowly, his eyes closed.

The phone could have been replaced and she could have swallowed her pride.

He started to speak once and then swallowed.

She swallowed a sob, wiping her face with the rag.

She swallowed to remove the lump in her throat and looked away.

Anything sharp, poisonous, or easily swallowed needs to be stored in a safe place.

Wine connoisseurs use the term length to describe how long the flavors of the wine stay in their mouths after it has been swallowed.

When he finished the chores, he swallowed three aspirins and went outside to shovel the accumulating snow, hoping further activity might dissipate the anger he felt, not only at Shipton, but at himself for losing it in so public and childish manner.

He felt as if he had swallowed the contents of an ashbin while embers still lived.

The smile on Dean's face made Fred wonder which cat swallowed which canary.

He shrugged and swallowed the last bite of his sandwich.

He swallowed a bite and chuckled.