Sentence examples for that swallowed him from inspiring English sources
Scott's inexorable march to superstardom became a decade-long slog through greens that swallowed him like quicksand.
His shadow swelled slowly out before him and disappeared into a darkness that swallowed him as well.
But Kim Moran will remember the late afternoon of Sunday, Sept. 9, the day after the block party and two days before the disaster that swallowed him.
— Inside a warehouse-like building five minutes from his house, John Madden settled in to watch Sunday's N.F.L. games in a leather chair that nearly swallowed him.
But the violence that nearly swallowed him was never far off.
Boxing took Richardson from the streets that almost swallowed him in north Philadelphia, gave him energy and purpose.
About 45 years ago Mr. Newhart was an accountant in Chicago, but before that profession swallowed him up for good he took one shot at shaking off the boredom.
Remember Pac-Man, the little fishlike creature that swallowed everything in sight?
"The billboards that swallowed L.A.!" yelled Ingrid Mueller, 65, waving her sign toward oncoming traffic.
Their mother hopes to protect them from the politics and violence that swallowed up her husband.
He had survived the inner-city whirlpools that swallowed so many people he knew.
