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  • A few gulpy swallows later, and at the apex of my uncontrolled laughter, he threw the tumbler of hot dog juice and ice at me and punched me square in the nose.

    The Swap Mark Sutz 2011

  • You can hear him drawing breath - tiny gasps during "Bloom," big gulpy lungfuls during "Morning Mr. Magpie" - but he exhales the same as ever: in a mumbly, monochromatic moan where the vowels are dramatic and the consonants are tough to make out.

    Album review: Radiohead, "The King of Limbs" 2011

  • We feel gulpy about the throat, and those of us who yet tremble at the thought of 'fratricide,' wish they were out of this, until Smallweed effects a diversion by dexterously, though quite accidentally, upsetting the longest-haired, loudest-mouthed operator into the biggest and dirtiest spittoon.

    The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

  • I remember that I felt quite gulpy and shaky when he said that, and that

    Sweetapple Cove George van Schaick

  • Randall said, "Maybe Sally ought to see the doctor," I had a sudden awful, empty, gulpy feeling.

    The Spread Eagle and Other Stories Gouverneur Morris 1914

  • It all comes down to this shivering, gulpy, constant question: can I go back and can I stay.

    Ampersand 2009

  • Here's why: Neal appears to operate upon the assumption that the ONLY thing that has held him back from success is his weight … his body language and gulpy, pompus tears scream it.

    Yahoo! Buzz US: Top Stories 2008

  • Phrases, like, oh, say, "breathing issue" and "St. Louis Children's Hospital." funny kind of gaspy, gulpy breathing thing he does, intermittently and most often when he is eating.

    Chicken And Cheese 2008

  • He’d get that gulpy feeling in his throat and his nose would start running and big baby tears would get his face all wet.

    A STRANGER IS WATCHING MARY HIGGINS CLARK 1977

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