Swallowing
['swɒləʊɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swallow
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Examples
- Groups of every description were to be seen devouring the food and swallowing the liquor thus abandoned to their discretion. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Mr Merdle, with a dry, swallowing action, seemed to dispose of those qualities like a bolus; then added, 'As a sort of return for it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Con-signed in a safe quarter,' replied George, wringing the heads off half a dozen shrimps, and swallowing them without any more ado. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I feel as if I had been half drowned, and swallowing a gallon of it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Then, withdrawing his hand and swallowing his mouthful of chop, he said to Stephen: 'Now you know, this good lady is a born lady, a high lady. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Thoroughly masticate the food, and well salivate it before swallowing. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Giving his wine a final chew, and swallowing it, the informer answered in a single word: 'Hages! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This is not a time for a lady, however highly connected, to be totally inaudible, and seemingly swallowing marbles. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Mr. Bounderby stayed her, by holding a mouthful of chop in suspension before swallowing it, and putting out his left hand. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Middlemarch, in fact, counted on swallowing Lydgate and assimilating him very comfortably. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I have been swallowing too much of that word, Pardner. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- And hastily swallowing his tea, he took a candle and a small table to himself and his books, and was soon buried in study. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Nevertheless, you must excuse my ever swallowing another to the end of my natural life, said Fanny. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Peggotty gave a gasp, as if she were swallowing something that was very hard, and, putting out her hand, said: 'Come and see him. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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