Sentence examples for may be swallowed from inspiring English sources

Local leaders fear that their culture may be swallowed up and vanish.

Smaller fruits may be swallowed whole, the seeds passing through the gut intact and being voided at a distance.

Furthermore, the mini-countries carved out of Iraq may be swallowed by their larger neighbors; the Shiite area would be very attractive to Iran.

"The £5 a week they can earn on top does not even equate to one hour's work on the minimum wage, and may be swallowed up simply by the travel cost of getting to the job.

These changes have made it hard for many independently owned businesses to stay open and have left some residents fearful that their elegant minnow of a main street may be swallowed up by a less dignified commercial whale.

In those STP categories that are designed for expectoration of the used product, some loose tobacco particles may be swallowed during use.

You may be swallowing excessively or gulping air without realizing it.

The Liberal Democrats may or may not be swallowed up organisationally, but they are already being swallowed up ideologically.

The company may well be swallowed up before he can implement his vision.

Smaller firms may soon be swallowed like containers vanishing into the hold of the Eleonora Maersk.

Unidentified in bookshops, unsupported by dedicated publishers or imprints, lesbian and gay literature may simply be swallowed in a profit-led market.