How to Use gulp in a Sentence

gulp

verb

• She told him not to gulp his food.
• He gulped back tears as he thanked the rescuers.
• The exhausted racers lay on the ground, gulping air.
• The exhausted racers were gulping for air.
• I gulped nervously before beginning my speech.
• But this year-and-a-half-old pinniped had gulped down about 100.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2023
• This would be our first time leaving the brood, ages 1 and 4, behind. Gulp.
  — Kevin Sintumuang, Esquire, 19 May 2017
• Ten episodes you are expected to gulp down in a few days.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2019
• The man gulped the water down and wiped his mouth with his handkerchief.
  — Paul Yoon, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
• But still, 7- and 8-inch bluegills had no problem gulping down the TRD worm.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 3 July 2024
• If your child is gagging or gulping, the flow is too fast.
  — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 16 May 2024
• A few spoonfuls would cause George to gulp water to ease his hunger.
  — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 24 May 2017
• My grandmother made a strange gulping sound and walked out of the kitchen.
  — Victor Lodato, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
• The 37-year-old stood and gulped his beer, spit it into the air, and poured the rest of it into a willing fan’s mouth.
  — Joshua Needelman, Curbed, 1 Nov. 2023
• To maintain the oxygen the eggs need, the male will swim to the surface, gulp air, bring it back, and exhale, over and over.
  — National Geographic, 6 Feb. 2020
• In three of those, prisoners lurched, moved or gulped for air.
  — Lauren Gill, ProPublica, 29 Apr. 2023
• These flies are easy prey for fish, who rise to the surface of the river and open their gulping fish mouths to suck in the bugs.
  — Heather Radke, Longreads, 16 June 2018
• Gusty guts In the next human trial, the researchers had one person gulp the pill twice.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2018
• This was my last chance to (gulp!) make factual changes.
  — Amy Chozick, Glamour, 24 Apr. 2018
• The proviso was that the show would be produced, gulp, without a script.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 12 June 2023
• This, for a guy who hasn’t won a tournament in five years, or a major since, gulp, 2008.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 27 Mar. 2018
• Just seconds later, the whales appear to gulp down their prey.
  — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 9 Oct. 2017
• Inside, Connor ate French toast sticks and gulped milk at the kitchen table.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2018
• Don't gulp in deep breaths of frigid air and talk as little as possible.
  — Forrest Brown, CNN, 30 Oct. 2021
• Some gulp with pickles still in the jar, irking nondrinkers.
  — Julie Jargon, WSJ, 28 June 2018
• From there, the stunned musician fell to the ground, had to gulp down a glass of water and give his audition.
  — Tyler McCarthy, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2018
• Rutschman gulped down some water poured through a funnel.
  — oregonlive, 11 Apr. 2023
• To drink like a local, skip the straw and gulp it — ideally while noshing on clam cakes.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Apr. 2023
• At least one of the inmates who overdosed had grabbed a cup of Methadone from a tray and gulped it after a nurse had left the window.
  — Josh Kovner, courant.com, 17 July 2019
• But no star has ever been caught in the act of gulping down a planet this way—until now.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 May 2023

Last Updated: 1 Dec 2024