Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete strong preterit of
swell .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- imperative Swelled.
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Examples
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Tasslehoff twisted around to see what the problem was and was confronted not by an antago - nist, but by a swirling, silvery pane of light that swal - lowed the lower two-thirds of his body.
Stalling 2010
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And the silence between them was still so bad it mur - dered normal body functions like breathing and swal - lowing.
The Bellini Bride Reid, Michelle 2002
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He took a swal - low of ale, looked around the inn.
Fortress Of Frost And Fire Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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It sometimes seemed as if everyone he came in contact with was doomed to fall off the face of the earth, to be swal - lowed by some netherworid blackness and never resurface again.
The Elf Queen of Shannara Brooks, Terry 1992
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Tasslehoff twisted around to see what the problem was and was confronted not by an antago - nist, but by a swirling, silvery pane of light that swal - lowed the lower two-thirds of his body.
Kendermore Kirchoff, Mary 1989
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"You know who he is," Tas began irritably, then nearly swal - lowed his tongue as Caramon interrupted.
Time of the Twins Weis, Margaret 1988
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But her words of greeting died on her lips, swal - lowed up by the darkness that only seemed to grow deeper with the warrior's arrival.
Time of the Twins Weis, Margaret 1988
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"You know who he is," Tas began irritably, then nearly swal - lowed his tongue as Caramon interrupted.
Time of the Twins Weis, Margaret 1988
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But her words of greeting died on her lips, swal - lowed up by the darkness that only seemed to grow deeper with the warrior's arrival.
Time of the Twins Weis, Margaret 1988
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"Go away, please," she said, squeezing her eyes shut, swal - lowing the tears like bitter medicine.
Time of the Twins Weis, Margaret 1988
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