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Example sentences for: gobbled

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Inflation was in double digits, eroding pension plans and savings accounts; interest rates had reached 21 percent, the highest since the Civil War; the Soviet bear was on the prowl, having gobbled up 10 countries between 1974, when South Vietnam fell, and 1979, when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan.
Everyone else in Hollywood was flabbergasted and jealous, while the media dwelled on fears that a cultural treasure was being gobbled up.
In addition to Ripley coping with her personhood/alienhood, you have a setup out of The Poseidon Adventure , with a bunch of people trying to push their way through the watery space station to reach their little ship, with one after another getting gobbled down by aliens at regular intervals.