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Example sentences for "gulp"

Lexicographically close words:
gullied; gullies; gulling; gulls; gully; gulped; gulph; gulphs; gulping; gulps
  1. He took a gulp of the spirit raw, and shivered in spite of the suffocating heat.

  2. I inquired with a secret gulp of womanish self-pity.

  3. If I was silly enough to have a little cry on his shoulder, I had the satisfaction of feeling him give a gulp or two himself.

  4. We took our ounce of nutriment and gulp of wine (my only sustenance during the entire day), and stood for a moment silently and earnestly looking down towards Zermatt.

  5. He had it, and a gulp of wine, which mightily refreshed him.

  6. The late gulp he had of his native air, seems to have blown fresh spirit into all his polemical faculties.

  7. Yet he smelt it furtively before trying it with his lips, and denied himself a gulp till he was reassured.

  8. Oswald had never learned to gulp down the little lie which insures a flattering attention; his clever father had even encouraged it in him as the nucleus of imagination.

  9. He did not care to gulp and lose the mystery at one swallow.

  10. It was not until he knew his enemy was up the steps that he let his aching lungs gulp in the fetid tunnel air.

  11. She gave a gulp to check the sigh that was rising, and came back, even more patient than she had been before this disheartening peep, to serve all the whims and fancies of purchasers.

  12. He had to gulp down certain feelings before he could make answer with discretion.

  13. It contained neat Cognac--and she drank a goodly gulp of it with evident relish, swallowing a scented bon-bon immediately afterwards to take away the suspicious odor.

  14. I had to gulp hard before I could answer this question, then I said: 'No.

  15. Again I had to gulp when I thought of my mother.

  16. Then he swallowed a big gulp of rum and leered.

  17. Strange we should meet like this, John," the shorter of the two remarked, taking a big gulp of ale.

  18. The years between had gone out with a gulp that filled my throat, and again we were little children playing together, solemnly mating ourselves for the future under the witnessing murmur of the great pine.

  19. I saw Jean's wrapt attention; the glisten of her eyes; the gulp of her white throat.

  20. Finn heard its jaws snap, and could almost hear the gulp which disposed of each morsel.

  21. She gave a little gulp when her eyes fell upon the stalwart forms of no fewer than three full-grown dingoes, stocky of build, massive in legs and shoulders, plentifully coated, and fanged for the killing of meat.

  22. He was about to gulp it down when he detected another and less pleasant taste, and what remained in his mouth he spat out upon the snow.

  23. It was half an hour before Miki began to gasp, and cough, and gulp up water, and for the first time since their scrap in the canoe the cub began to take a live interest in him.

  24. Every now and then he took a gulp of Scotch from the bottle he had opened after Ivy left.

  25. He took another gulp of water, then went for it.

  26. Oward took a cigar and smoked it and drank 'is whiskey with a gulp and a wry face like all Americans.

  27. At last the train came gliding in very gently, without noise, and it sent a gulp or two of white smoke into the quivering blue sky.

  28. I went to the loft-door and devoured my second crust of bread and took a fresh gulp of water.

  29. She paused and looked away out of the window, and after a gulp went on again: "They preached at me for dancin'.

  30. After the first gulp or two he had lost his embarrassment, and was speaking in a straightforward, manly way.

  31. As the rowboat came close its occupants saw him press a drink upon his daughter, then gulp one for himself.

  32. Such were the pinks and grays about the bait Persuaded Guido gulp down hook and all.

  33. Not only was it a nauseous mixture she was forced to gulp from Victor, it burned like a poison.

  34. It looks as if she were only inexorably human,' said Mr. Fenellan, crushing a delicious gulp of the wine, that foamed along the channel to flavour.

  35. Forbes took a gulp of a highball and sat staring at Persis.

  36. People began to jig in their chairs, others rose and were in the stride before they had finished the mouthfuls they were surprised with; several caught a hasty gulp of wine with the right hand while the left groped for the partner.


  37. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gulp" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    aspiration; blow; bolt; breath; breathe; bumper; consume; cough; cram; devour; draft; dram; draught; draughtsman; draughty; drench; drink; eat; eating; engulf; exhale; exhaust; expel; expiration; expire; gasp; glut; gobble; gorge; gulp; guzzle; hack; hiccup; huff; imbibe; ingest; ingestion; inhalation; inhale; inspiration; inspire; lap; libation; nip; pant; peg; portion; potation; puff; pull; quaff; raven; respiration; respire; scuba; sigh; sip; sneeze; sniff; sniffle; snore; snoring; snort; snuff; snuffle; stuff; suck; sup; swallow; swig; swill; tot; wheeze; wind; wolf