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Example sentences for: gulp

How can you use “gulp” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The New York Times has managed to work up the courage to use "semen," and I heard Newsweek 's Mike Isikoff say the word on television (though not without a noticeable gulp).
L'il Abner's Gulp! might have shown that his heart was in his throat, but these days when someone says gulp , it is more likely tongue in cheek.
So I've been doing this now for (gulp!) 17 years, and while I've never had another story that gave me quite that same jolt, I've never stopped feeling that way about business.
What should but doesn't follow is, “And then quickly spit out the colorless, tasteless gulp of hot water.”