Chiasmodon niger, the black swallower of the mid-Atlantic, has exceedingly long teeth and the whole body so distensible that it can swallow fishes of many times its own size.
At this fair I met the sword-swallower of those days, who was then astonishing the audiences at 'Richardson's.
The guests proceeded to obey her kindly command, and it is to be regretted that the sword-swallower had no better manners than to jump on to the platform with one bound, and seat himself at the table with the most unseemly haste.
The Fabiani family was late in arriving, but a spot was found, between the sword-swallower and the Circassian lady, which suited Cleofonte's purpose.
The guests proceeded to obey her kindly command; and it is to be regretted that the sword swallower had no better manners than to jump on to the platform with one bound and seat himself at the table with the most unseemly haste.
By giant's hall the strong stream pressed Cold hands against the singer's breast; Huge weight upon him there did hurl The swallower of the changing whirl[311].
Whilst the three companions go hunting, the river-swallower stays in the house to cook dinner: this done, he washes his head, and sits at the window to comb his locks.
How Pantagruel came to the islands of Tohu and Bohu; and of the strange death of Wide-nostrils, the swallower of windmills.
The pig's squawker and its swallower are one and the same instrument, and the only way to keep the squawker quiet is to keep the swallower plugged with food.
It was through the good offices of a sword-swallower that the Scotch physician, Stevens, was enabled to make his experiments on digestion.
When he made the same demand a third time, the clod-swallower answered: 'If thou eatest and drinkest everything, what shall I say to my comrades?
The clod-swallower was afraid, and ran to the door.
How Pantagruel came to the islands of Tohu and Bohu; and of the strange death of Wide-nostrils, the swallower of windmills Chapter 4.
He used to be a very fair swallower of gravy soup, a notable accountant in matter of hours, and his whole life was one continual dinner, like mine host at Rouillac (in Perigord).
The guests proceeded to obey her kindly command; and it is to be regretted that the sword-swallower had no better manners than to jump on to the platform with one bound and seat himself at the table with the most unseemly haste.
The Mantis gets his adopted daughter to call the swallower to his aid; but Kwai Hemm swallows the Mantis, the god-insect.
The Igongqongqo swallows all and sundry; a woman cuts the swallower with a knife, and 'people came out, and cattle, and dogs.
This savage conception of night, as the swallower and disgorger, might start the notion of other swallowing and disgorging beings.
Deodota, an Italian Magician, was also a sword-swallower of more than average ability.
What I was about to remark," was his lame conclusion, "was that the Mexican Sword Swallower is love.
By this the boy knew that the Mexican Sword Swallower had not relented--but that his mother had been kind.
The Swallower said the same, and looked and spoke remarkably like an Irishman.
This done, Mr Vincent Crummles returned thanks, and that done, the African Swallower proposed Mrs Vincent Crummles, in affecting terms.
As a trick, on being encored, the sword swallower borrows a cane from a person in the audience, and swallows it almost entirely.
See the sword-swallower from India to whom a steel sword is no more than a string of spaghetti to an Italian.
The little man no bigger than a two-year-old baby and the sword-swallower and all?
There was the sword-swallower and the fat lady, the giant and the dwarf, and so many other things that Jerry couldn't remember them all.
It was a curious and unforgettable picture; the sword swallower out on that rocky ledge in the early morning light, with the great mountains all around.
We had acrobats, jugglers, singers, dancers, a clown, and a marvelous sword swallower named Maldini.
Vritra, or the fiery dragon that burned up daylight, or Rahu, the swallower of sun and moon?
No more great heart may guard the home, Save eyed and armed and skilled to cleave Yon swallower wave with shroud of foam, We see not distant heave.
The pebble and bottle-heel swallower does--but brings them up again, by a system of retching which results from long practice.
Again Robert-Houdin errs wofully in comparing the sabre-swallower to the swallower of broken bottle-heels and stones.
The sabre-swallower never releases his hold on the weapon.
In my collection is the handbill of a stone-swallower who exhibited at No.
This savage conception of Night, as the swallower and disgorger, might start the notion of other swallowing and disgorging beings.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "swallower" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
