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.
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91. A big ego so utterly ungracious and another big ego, Niki's, that had to swallow that kind of shit.
92. Lying in a crib, Mary was lethargic, fevered, and unable to swallow any liquids for four days.
93. But the Earth as mechanical device has been a harder idea to swallow.
94. If dysphagia persisted despite dilatation, barium swallow examination was undertaken to assess the oesophageal lumen.
95. Many people dislike the taste of bran and find it hard to swallow.
96. A hard act to swallow ... Dangerous Dan and his latest flame.
97. It was a bitter pill for the 117 men listed to swallow with their Thanksgiving turkey yesterday.
98. Balanced it was not, with acidic undertones so evident that it was hard to swallow.
99. Clough's team decided they'd rather die than swallow such medicine.
100. She had to swallow hard and take Britain in at the high rate demanded by the other members.
101. Your tears do not wash away your sorrows. They feed someone Else's joy. And that is why you must learn to swallow your own tears. Amy Tan
102. On admission he was unable to swallow anything but liquids and mashed solids.
103. If you then hold food near its mouth(sentencedict.com), it will bite off pieces and swallow them.
104. Lamb and Botham had to swallow the very bitter pill of being dropped.
105. Like a vile-tasting patent medicine, they appreciate the need for treatment, but find it hard to swallow.
106. The chameleon will then dart out its long, sticky-tipped tongue, impale the insect and swallow it.
107. The captain gave him a bowl of cold stew which he could only swallow by gulping it down with wine.
108. The process was not unlike that whereby, today, a large corporation might swallow up its smaller competitors.
109. The time has not yet come to take bets on which of our neighbours will swallow us up.
110. It's surely summer. for there's a swallow: Come one swallow, his mate will follow, The bird race quicken and wheel and thicken. Christina G Rossetti
111. After food and a swallow of water I felt positively chirpy.
112. Last week, the tree swallow pair abandoned its nest box in the old birch tree in front of my window.
113. Lagerstroemia lifted after the misunderstanding with the Swallow.
114. I've seen snakes strangle people and swallow then whole!
115. Ah lonely lovers swallow hard to try to understand.
116. He couldn't swallow because of a sore throat.
117. But the monster in the appearance, must swallow one by one soldier of fortune.
118. Objective : To study the value of Barium swallow radioscopy in assessing neurogenic swallowing dysfunction.
119. And that is something Peruvian governments have found hard to swallow.
120. The idea is not that one party should swallow up the other.