go swimming

Example Sentences

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But ice cream isn’t causing the drownings; it’s just that people eat more ice cream when the weather is hot, which is also when they tend to go swimming more often.

From Slate • May 19, 2025

PHW warned infection can still spread after symptoms subside and has urged those affected not to go swimming for two weeks.

From BBC • May 14, 2025

Eilish: “You can put makeup on it. Not right away because it’s healing — you can’t take a shower, you can’t go swimming, you can’t work out.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2024

“Today is not the day to go swimming or boating!”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2023

I wonder why they never say, You can eat sweets and stay home from school and go swimming for Ireland.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt