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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
swallow .
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Examples
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Mr. Evil: “In a recent post I hoped that Michelle Malkin swallowed a turd.”
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The young woman who had placed the call swallowed once and stared at the crib sheet in her hand.
Higher Authority White, Stephen, 1951- 1994
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A little care, a word swallowed, a rising sentence struck down in us by a simple rule, may save us humiliation.
Life and Conduct J. Cameron Lees
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It is said that a certain Italian swallowed 100 louis d'ors at a time.
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"Tea-Baggers" is the pejorative term swallowed by the left wing crazies.
Latest Articles 2010
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The victim then walks away assuming his card has been "swallowed" - leaving the thief free to recover it and, using the PIN he has just memorised, withdraw as much money as possible.
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The amount of bodily fluid you’ve probably swallowed is way nasty than that.
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I suppose all that money he swallowed is hard on his vains;)
Think Progress » BREAKING: Former Enron CEO Ken Lay is dead. 2006
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In so doing, gradually your attention will shift from identifying as swallowed up in an emotional bubble to the one watching the bubble.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche - The Aim of Attention William Harryman 2009
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The dust in the air what they had not swallowed, that is did not float for very long, but dropped almost like lead the moment the trio was past.
LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009
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