swimming hole

Example Sentences

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Fed from glaciers on Mount Shasta, the water pours out of lava tubes and down mossy cliffs, forming a verdant and ethereal cascade into a calm, shaded swimming hole.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2025

We pass a fast-food spot called Jake’s Place, and a scenic patch of land next to the sea with a sign that reads: "Ye olde swimming hole and picnic area."

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2024

Months before the riots, a young man named José Díaz was stabbed to death near a swimming hole that became known as Sleepy Lagoon in southeast L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2023

He seems more interested backstrokin’ in the same swimming hole as country-ish outsiders like Jason Isbell, Tyler Childers and Sturgill Simpson — another Navy vet once stationed in Washington with a similar aversion to interviews.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2022

Pete was the one who swum out and saved Jimmy Blake at the swimming hole.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson