Synonym: absorb, accept, believe, consume, devour, eat, gulp, ingest, take. Similar words: allow, allow for, shallow, pillow, follow, yellow, follow up, following. Meaning: ['swɑləʊ /'swɒl-] 
n. 1. a small amount of liquid food 2. the act of swallowing 3. small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations. v. 1. pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking 2. engulf and destroy 3. enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing 4. utter indistinctly 5. take back what one has said 6. keep from expressing 7. tolerate or accommodate oneself to 8. believe or accept without questioning or challenge.
n. 1. a small amount of liquid food 2. the act of swallowing 3. small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations. v. 1. pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking 2. engulf and destroy 3. enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing 4. utter indistinctly 5. take back what one has said 6. keep from expressing 7. tolerate or accommodate oneself to 8. believe or accept without questioning or challenge. 
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61. He took the bottle from her hands and finished it off in one long swallow.
62. He was forced to swallow his pride and ask if he could have his old job back.
63. His lips worked as he tried to swallow the food.
64. She couldn't swallow her anger and poured out dirty words.
65. You are asked to swallow a capsule containing vitamin B.
66. She called you a liar. Are you going to swallow that?
67. The election defeat was a bitter pill for the party to swallow.
68. Losing the business was a bitter pill to swallow.
69. Therefore, youngsters may swallow appreciable amounts of toothpaste.
70. Swallow looks tired and careworn and slightly seedy.
71. Parker downed it in one swallow.
72. So one would image that the latest new fangled marketing initiative at Vaux-owned Swallow Hotel in Gateshead gets his backing.
73. It was a bit of a blow, a bitter pill to swallow.
73. Sentencedict.com try its best to collect and build good sentences.
74. So Ramsey cried to the Church not to dilute itself, or adjust itself to what contemporary Smith or Jones can swallow.
75. Bley plays acoustic piano in duo with Steve Swallow, and their rapport projects extraordinary warmth on this delightful album.
76. You can just swallow oysters or you can chew them a little bit first.
77. The traditionalist camp has had to swallow some bitter pills.
78. After they are separated, the keepers feed the chicks by hand and must teach them to swallow whole fish.
79. To see these activities as representing the apotheosis of Morris Zapp and the eclipse of Phillip Swallow is tempting but too simple.
80. Swallow your chemicals, swallow them fast, and get back inside.
81. If there was no numbing and if the item was reasonably palatable, then they'd take another small bite and swallow.
82. Her throat muscles useless, she was unable to breathe, cough, or swallow on her own.
83. If you do happen to swallow any bits they should pass straight through without any ill effects.
84. The snake began to choke as it tried to swallow his arm and simultaneously dislodge the obstruction from its windpipe.
85. Perhaps the boffins in the boats at Scapa ought to swallow their compassion and get equally coercive with the whales.
86. Still, it was painful, and he struggled desperately to swallow his pride.
87. We were in such a state we decided to swallow what seemed the bitter pill of Thatcherism.
88. She longed for it to swallow her. Barely breathing, she closed her eyes.
89. Fields covered in snow would swallow up whitewashed farmhouses were it not for their black window frames.
90. Martha was alone with her husband as his paralysis spread, and as he lost the ability to swallow.