swimmy

Example Sentences

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The “Jolene” and “I Will Always Love You” hitmaker said she will continue taking time away from performing live, noting that her medications and treatments “make me a little bit swimmy headed.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

An ultrasound’s grainy, swimmy images also revealed good news — the turtle’s heart was pumping well, the kidneys looked good and there was just a bit of movement in the gut.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2021

His brains felt swimmy, as if he could see his and Pastor’s voices.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 28, 2019

Through the opening movements of Rachmaninoff’s glorious Vespers music, Joe Milller’s 194-voice Westminster Symphonic Choir sounded mushy at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle, awash in swimmy acoustics.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2017

I guess it was the heat, but I felt swimmy for a moment.

From The Poison Belt by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir