swallowed

• Picard swallowed, his throat gone dry more betrayed by the black ink on the yellowed page than by anything that had happened to him so far. —  Diane Duane - Star Trek : The Next Generation - Dark Mirror
• But when the last spoonful was swallowed, and Barber was cowering beside the empty kettle, the boy felt called upon to go still further, and make away finally with that strap which was the symbol of all he hated--that held up and together the too-large clothes which had so long mortified his pride; that stood for the physical pain dealt out to him by Big Tom if he so much as slighted a bit of his girl's work The strap was around him now, even over that new suit. —  The Rich Little Poor Boy
• This was gradually swallowed, and Roger poured in a little more, which was also taken; and in a few seconds a heavy sigh escaped the lips of the sufferer, and his eyes opened. —  Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess
• Others recommend that a clean soft sponge of small circumference to which a string is attached be swallowed, and then drawn out by means of the string. —  Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages
• That's why I'm going to trust you--because I have to He swallowed, and the thin hand of the woman lifted brandy to his lips. —  Police Your Planet

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