6 sentences with 'swallowed'
Example sentences and phrases with the word swallowed and other words derived from it.
• « The destruction of Atlantis is said to have taken place around 9500 BC as a result of a maritime catastrophe that swallowed it, its inhabitants and its secrets. »
• « In the 14th and first half of the 15th centuries, the city-states of northern Italy were aggressive rivals; most of the formerly independent cities were swallowed up by the most powerful of them. »
• « The old suburbs were simply swallowed up as the cities grew, and there was often a sense among cultural elites that the only places that mattered were the capitals: London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, St Petersburg, and so on. »
• « Then he climbs up a ladder to the top of a water wheel that projects its occupants forward into the lake. He gives a shout, and off he goes. The instant he is swallowed by the lake, Laraine emerges like a cork from the ladder and takes Steve's place on the wheel. »
• « -Maria Helena! -Gustavo shouted, but the dark cavern where he was trapped swallowed the sound. »
• « Thirty minutes elapse from the time the plant's jaws close until the prey is swallowed. This sort of pouch takes on the appearance of a newly formed stomach. »