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How do you use Gulping in a sentence? See 9 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like gulp or imbibing, plus the exact meaning.

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Gulping in a sentence

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Gulping | Gulp | Gulped | Gulps

Gulping meaning

present participle and gerund of gulp

Synonyms of Gulping

gulp imbibing drinking guzzling swilling physiological reaction unconditioned reflex inborn reflex innate reflex instinctive reflex reflex imbibition

Related words

Other words often associated with Gulping or its synonyms:

reaction response ingestion uptake consumption intake drink draught drunkenness quaff automatic draft

Using Gulping

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of gulp
  • Useful related words include: gulp, imbibing, drinking, guzzling.
  • In the example corpus, gulping often appears in combinations such as: gulping down.

Context around Gulping

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

room 1× seen 1× wine 1× land 1×

Often after:

down 5× party 1× sound 1× air 1×

Sentence patterns with Gulping

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a wine gulping party 1× across land gulping air 1× be seen gulping down tequila 1× he said gulping down a 1× his room gulping down johnnie 1× shortly after gulping down a 1× sort of gulping sound 1× spines before gulping them down 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a few runners 1× an example is 1× bootes immediately got 1× during their drift 1× in the video 1× steiger was depressed 1×

Common sentence endings:

couple of hours 1× gulping them down 1× in his throat 1× land gulping air 1× of gulping sound 1× red label whisky 1×

Words around Gulping

Just before it in the word index:

gulped 17 gulp 48 gulotta 4 gulosa 2 gulonolactone 3 gulo 2

Just after it in the word index:

gulps 6 guls 3 gulsat 2 gulse 2 gulseven 2 gulshan 28

Similar in corpus frequency:

aakash 12 aanholt 12 aardwolf 12 abadan 12 abati 12 abcc 12

Corpus analysis for Gulping

  • In this selection, "gulping" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, room, seen, wine, down, party and sound stand out and add context to how "gulping" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a wine gulping party and across land gulping air. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "gulping" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with gulping

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

I had to cry, as a human being,” he said, gulping down a lump in his throat. (17 words)

That's what freaks people out about it, to see a fish moving across land gulping air. (17 words)

While their prey hangs in their beaks, they shake them to break their spines before gulping them down. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

In the video, the self acclaimed Port-Harcourt first daughter, who had stepped out to have fun, could be seen gulping down tequila shots at a go to prove that she could do better than her friend. (37 words)

During their drift southwards, the tiny fish have a slim chance of survival as the ocean teems with filter feeders and carnivorous zooplankton that thrive by gulping down small fish larvae. (31 words)

Steiger was depressed following the collapse of his marriage to Claire Bloom and spent as much time as he could in his room, gulping down Johnnie Walker Red Label whisky. (30 words)

Example sentences (9)

A few runners head home shortly after gulping down a quick glass of water, but most stay and socialize with one another for at least a couple of hours.

Steiger was depressed following the collapse of his marriage to Claire Bloom and spent as much time as he could in his room, gulping down Johnnie Walker Red Label whisky.

While their prey hangs in their beaks, they shake them to break their spines before gulping them down.

In the video, the self acclaimed Port-Harcourt first daughter, who had stepped out to have fun, could be seen gulping down tequila shots at a go to prove that she could do better than her friend.

Bootes immediately got all his friends together for a wine-tasting party that quickly got out of hand and turned into a wine-gulping party.

I had to cry, as a human being,” he said, gulping down a lump in his throat.

During their drift southwards, the tiny fish have a slim chance of survival as the ocean teems with filter feeders and carnivorous zooplankton that thrive by gulping down small fish larvae.

An example is Georgian baq'aq'i ts'q'alshi q'iq'inebs ("a frog croaks in the water"), in which "q" is a sort of gulping sound.

That's what freaks people out about it, to see a fish moving across land gulping air.

Common combinations with gulping

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "gulping" in a sentence?
An example: "A few runners head home shortly after gulping down a quick glass of water, but most stay and socialize with one another for at least a couple of hours." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "gulping" from authentic English texts.
What does "gulping" mean?
Gulping means: present participle and gerund of gulp
What are synonyms of "gulping"?
Common synonyms of "gulping" include: gulp, imbibing, drinking, guzzling, swilling, physiological reaction, unconditioned reflex, inborn reflex. Plus 4 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "gulping" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "gulping", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.