swallowing

verb

present participle of swallow
1
as in sipping
to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat try not to swallow the toothpaste

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2
as in suppressing
to refrain from openly showing or uttering swallowed his pride and asked for help

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3
as in believing
to regard as right or true my little niece swallows everything I tell her

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Recent Examples of swallowing After decades of repression, Egyptians were shaken by the brutal 2010 torture and killing of Khaled Saeed, a 28-year-old from Alexandria, who the police claimed had died after swallowing a packet of drugs. — Abdelrahman Elgendy, Time, 6 Oct. 2026 Sherrilyn Ifill, former head of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and one of the film’s most prominent legal voices, says DuVernay was unusually good at keeping all that expertise from swallowing the movie. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026 In humans, symptoms often include fever, weakness and headache before progressing to tingling sensations, anxiety, agitation, abnormal behavior, hallucinations, difficulty swallowing, coma and death. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 Enzymes need direct contact with food to do anything, so swallowing one on an empty stomach delivers almost no benefit. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026 Seven Chicago-area residents died after swallowing Tylenol capsules laced with potassium cyanide in September 1982. — Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026 Located along the coast near the scenic coastal city of Yachats, the dramatic natural feature resembles a bottomless hole swallowing the Pacific Ocean. — Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2026 In July 2025, a 7-year-old boy nearly died after swallowing magnets from a popular game. — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026 On Tuesday, September 8, a massive, 30-by-30-foot sinkhole opened directly in front of a Malibu oceanfront home reportedly belonging to Cage, swallowing his driveway whole. — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swallowing
  1. sipping
  2. suppressing
  3. believing
  4. chewing
  5. stifling
  6. taking
  7. drinking
  8. accepting
Verb
  • That's because the path is now clear on all drinking, sipping, chugging and shotgunning beverages in the NFL.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Martha Plimpton, Hoon Lee, and Ciarán Hinds spent the evening trading jokes while sipping on spicy margaritas.
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of sipping
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  • Lampooning authority is even common in autocratic societies where governments spend large sums of money suppressing speech.
    — Christopher von Rueden, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2026
  • This is economic capacity currently lost to suppressing yield across the labor market.
    — Katica Roy, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of suppressing
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  • Marylanders could be forgiven for believing the tide is running in favor of gerrymandering, but there are encouraging signs that the worst is over, and a better approach can prevail.
    — Colin Pascal, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Okay what about people’s resistance to believing these guys are stone-cold weirdos?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of believing
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  • The cheek-facing side, the chewing surface and the often-forgotten inside surface near the tongue or roof of the mouth.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026
  • In the post, Wouter was pictured wearing a dog cone, which is used to prevent pets from licking, chewing or scratching surgical sites or wounds.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of chewing
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  • Most critically, the stifling political atmosphere Xi has created is draining Beijing’s ability to respond to emerging problems as earlier generations once did.
    — Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The government has been widely accused of stealing elections, jailing dissidents and stifling freedom of speech.
    — Clyburn Saint John, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of stifling
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  • Pittsburgh Penguins player Andrei Kuzmenko returned to the team on Friday after taking some time in the wake of his father's tragic death in a bear attack last month in Siberia.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Officers were seen placing several people in handcuffs and taking them away after the shooting.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of taking
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  • Haymitch has a supporting role in the original franchise, appearing as the disillusioned, hard-drinking mentor of Lawrence’s Katniss Everdeen.
    — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Doe had been drinking before arriving at the fraternity house to meet a friend, according to the civil lawsuit.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of drinking
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  • Finally, in a twist on the classic Green Lantern oath from the comics, John personalizes the phrase with an emphasis on his newfound accepting of his fear.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
  • But Searchlight hopes the music committee will consider accepting the one Collective in this case.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of accepting

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“Swallowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swallowing. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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