swim
Example Sentences
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For more than a century, people had come to swim and camp under the firs that towered hundreds of feet overhead.
From Literature
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A 13-year-old boy has been praised for his determination after he swam through rough waters in fading light to save his mother and two siblings who had been swept out to sea off Australia's coast.
From BBC
Birria gyoza arrived swimming in bone marrow consommé, delivering a concentrated hit of richness.
From Salon
It centers on the daughter of a gold miner and her suitor who cannot swim to save her.
He loved computers, his father said, but his greatest passion was swimming.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.