Example sentences for: gulp

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

  • But it seems likely that the melodic rise and fall of, say, Licciardello can deceive the ear in a way that--just for an example--its German equivalent Schlick (Middle High German to gulp) simply cannot.

  • But now if they should speak, If on a sudden they should speak again, If on the stroke of noon a voice should speak, We would not listen, we would not let it bring That old bad world that swallowed its children quick At one great gulp.

  • 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.

  • Actually, I might be pressed for time, so it would work better if we could stand around my kitchen table while I chug half a pint of takeout Szechwan shrimp, no MSG, before I run out to meet a friend who has also come home late from work to gulp something before we connect for a concert and dinner.


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