How to Use gulp in a Sentence

gulp

verb
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  • She told him not to gulp his food.
  • He gulped back tears as he thanked the rescuers.
  • The exhausted racers lay on the ground, gulping air.
  • The exhausted racers were gulping for air.
  • I gulped nervously before beginning my speech.
  • But this year-and-a-half-old pinniped had gulped down about 100.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2023
  • This would be our first time leaving the brood, ages 1 and 4, behind. Gulp.
    — Kevin Sintumuang, Esquire, 19 May 2017
  • Ten episodes you are expected to gulp down in a few days.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2019
  • The man gulped the water down and wiped his mouth with his handkerchief.
    — Paul Yoon, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
  • A few spoonfuls would cause George to gulp water to ease his hunger.
    — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 24 May 2017
  • To maintain the oxygen the eggs need, the male will swim to the surface, gulp air, bring it back, and exhale, over and over.
    — National Geographic, 6 Feb. 2020
  • In three of those, prisoners lurched, moved or gulped for air.
    — Lauren Gill, ProPublica, 29 Apr. 2023
  • These flies are easy prey for fish, who rise to the surface of the river and open their gulping fish mouths to suck in the bugs.
    — Heather Radke, Longreads, 16 June 2018
  • Gusty guts In the next human trial, the researchers had one person gulp the pill twice.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2018
  • This was my last chance to (gulp!) make factual changes.
    — Amy Chozick, Glamour, 24 Apr. 2018
  • The proviso was that the show would be produced, gulp, without a script.
    — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 12 June 2023
  • This, for a guy who hasn’t won a tournament in five years, or a major since, gulp, 2008.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Just seconds later, the whales appear to gulp down their prey.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 9 Oct. 2017
  • Inside, Connor ate French toast sticks and gulped milk at the kitchen table.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2018
  • Don't gulp in deep breaths of frigid air and talk as little as possible.
    — Forrest Brown, CNN, 30 Oct. 2021
  • Some gulp with pickles still in the jar, irking nondrinkers.
    — Julie Jargon, WSJ, 28 June 2018
  • From there, the stunned musician fell to the ground, had to gulp down a glass of water and give his audition.
    — Tyler McCarthy, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Rutschman gulped down some water poured through a funnel.
    — oregonlive, 11 Apr. 2023
  • To drink like a local, skip the straw and gulp it — ideally while noshing on clam cakes.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Apr. 2023
  • At least one of the inmates who overdosed had grabbed a cup of Methadone from a tray and gulped it after a nurse had left the window.
    — Josh Kovner, courant.com, 17 July 2019
  • But no star has ever been caught in the act of gulping down a planet this way—until now.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 May 2023
  • Mean for mean’s sake or 100 percent willing to gulp gossip is not cool.
    — Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2019
  • And visitors can even help with chores such as washing clothes by hand or — gulp!
    — cleveland.com, 29 May 2017
  • Could the Federal Reserve have to (gulp) raise rates in 2020 after all?
    — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 20 Dec. 2019
  • Those with dogs mingled in front of the doors, their dogs happily gulping down fresh air.
    — David Ovalle, miamiherald, 9 Sep. 2017

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