Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of deglutition; the reception, as of food, into the stomach through the fauces, pharynx, and esophagus.
- noun A yawning gulf; a whirlpool: same as
swallow , 2.
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- verb Present participle of
swallow .
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Examples
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It's barely possible that "sword swallowing" is an English euphemism for an activity more typically featured on porn sites than in vegan magazines, but the odds are stacked high as a pastrami sandwich against it.
Endless Amount of Vegan Drivel Steve Carper 2008
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Medical study concludes that sword swallowing is dangerous
Boing Boing 2007
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Non-target site muscle injection, which can result in swallowing weakness
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I suggest that you actually read some articles and books by people, especially climatologists, that have different viewpoints than what you have been so gleefully swallowing from the MSM and the agenda-driven Left.
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They feel slightly less swollen, today, but still, I am only eating squishy things like soup and chili, because swallowing is still a painful chore, and I'm still a little clammy, you know?
This Is The Song That Never Ends kittenpie 2007
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Alfred Exner was the first to treat a tumor of the esophagus by forcing a catheter that held the radioactive source through the esophagus so as to achieve improvement in swallowing (Exner, A. "Über die Behandlung," (1904), 4 – 96).
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They feel slightly less swollen, today, but still, I am only eating squishy things like soup and chili, because swallowing is still a painful chore, and I'm still a little clammy, you know?
Archive 2007-11-01 kittenpie 2007
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Nevertheless, under John Paul II, the shark did not succeed in swallowing the Society.
His Lordship Gives an Update Francis 2006
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Nevertheless, under John Paul II, the shark did not succeed in swallowing the Society.
Archive 2006-11-01 Francis 2006
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When we look at the picture of Russian greed in swallowing one satellite nation after another and contrast it with the picture of American generosity in giving food, clothing, supplies, technical and financial assistance, without the ulterior motive of acquiring new territory, it is stupid and tragic waste that the use of incompetent representatives should undo so much useful work, so great an expense, so much in the way of materials of every kind.
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