Examples of 'were swallowed up' in a sentence

Meaning of "were swallowed up"

were swallowed up: This phrase describes the action of being completely engulfed or enveloped by something, often in a figurative sense

How to use "were swallowed up" in a sentence

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were swallowed up
Like they were swallowed up by some black hole.
I can remember what he said before we were swallowed up.
We were swallowed up by the crowd and the noise.
Thousands of them were swallowed up by typhoons.
He approached the girl and her wheelbarrow and were swallowed up.
The mountains were swallowed up by the haze.
They and all that appertained unto them were swallowed up.
Till they were swallowed up by the sea.
They were driven on to the larger colony and were swallowed up in it.
His words were swallowed up by the night.
I was the bus driver when those sweet young angels were swallowed up by the river.
They were swallowed up in the abyss of blasphemy.
Gobland and its powerful city were swallowed up by the sands of the desert.
They were swallowed up in the Madeleine district before the national police arrived on site.
A few moments later they were swallowed up by the ghostly forest.

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In your mischievous blue eyes, my wildest dreams, my sweetest dreams were swallowed up.
We thought you were swallowed up by the waves.
Once they mixed with Judah, they were swallowed up.
It felt like we were swallowed up by the ocean.
National Guardsmen, who were not technically available for regular military service, were swallowed up.
Years of my life were swallowed up by that woman.
To the west, Bokhara, and, even to the south and west, Afghanistan, were swallowed up.
Reached them were swallowed up in it.
They were swallowed up in cousins.
It splintered and shattered … and we were swallowed up by the black water.
You were swallowed up.
Rather, they themselves were swallowed up.
These talented bacteria were swallowed up by primitive plant cells and later evolved into chloroplasts.
But once they left rehabilitation, they went out and were swallowed up again by addiction.
His sorrows were swallowed up by the mercy of God.
Thus, Pacific islands were swallowed up.
The Austrians were swallowed up at Marengo as gudgeons are swallowed by a whale.
What about the Israelites that were swallowed up by the earth?
The Egyptians were swallowed up by the water because they delayed in following.
Both disappeared without a trace . Like they were swallowed up by some black hole.
They were swallowed up by the Red Sea.
In some places, nearby settlements were swallowed up as the main city expanded.
They were swallowed up by the Red Sea . Yeah.
Before his intervention, these words were swallowed up in a cascade of language.
The Austrians were swallowed up at Marengo like so many gudgeons by a whale!
When the Aswan Dam created Lake Nasser. Their remains were swallowed up in the 1 g60s.
If I recall, we were swallowed up by Gluttony, and.
Some words were swallowed up.
Israel when the Egyptians were swallowed up by the Red Sea and they.
Probably when we were swallowed up in the sand!
The Judæan-Christians were swallowed up by the wave of new converts.
Then they were swallowed up by the crowd.".

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