GULP in a Sentence

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For GULP, below is one of 41 sentences:
"It would be better to have a son even if he did get killed than to never have one," said Melanie and gulped.

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 Meanings and Examples of GULP
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
gulp
 v.  swallow; utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly
Classic Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
1  "Together, ma'am," and Ben gulped down half of his new mug at one gulp.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
2  A hungry wolf sprang out, and swallowed up the whole stomach, with Tom in it, at one gulp, and ran away.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In TOM THUMB
3  Caderousse raised his glass to his mouth with unsteady hand, and swallowed the contents at a gulp.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3. The Catalans.
4  The abbe, with a shaking hand, seized a glass of water that was standing by him half-full, swallowed it at one gulp, and then resumed his seat, with red eyes and pale cheeks.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 27. The Story.
5  He put the glass to his lips and drank at one gulp.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
6  The host smiled, disappeared, and shortly afterwards returned with a steaming jorum: of which, the first gulp brought the water into Mr. Bumble's eyes.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
7  The bird gave a gulp, and I felt the stone pass along its gullet and down into its crop.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
8  The man drank it at a gulp and asked for a caraway seed.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In COUNTERPARTS
9  "It would be better to have a son even if he did get killed than to never have one," said Melanie and gulped.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
10  Scarlett gulped in silence, remembering that wherever two or more matrons were gathered together, in these trying days, they whispered of such happenings, always in Virginia or Tennessee or Lousiana, never close to home.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
11  He ate silently the spoonfuls she pushed into his mouth and washed them down with noisily gulped water.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
12  Gerald raised it, obedient as a child, and gulped noisily.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
13  She gulped once and found her voice.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
14  She gulped and choked and began coughing but he pushed it to her mouth again.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
15  But the merriment of the Fontaine boys, a chilling merriment that night, was in his little dancing eyes as he gulped down the whisky she brought him.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
Example Sentence:
1  He filled a cup with cold water and drank it down in one gulp.
2  She took a large gulp of wine from the bottle.
3  I drank the staff off in one gulp.
4  He did gulp for help after choking on a big piece of meat.
5  Late for work again, she gulped down a cup of milk, with no time for anything to eat.
6  He gulped down the remainder of his coffee.
7  She came up gulping for air.