swoop
Example Sentences
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And Kate Bush’s immortal 1978 single, with its swooping, operatic drama, interpretive dance–filled video and ghostly narrator only strengthened the book’s rep as a tale of exquisitely tortured love.
From Salon
A frigate bird, his dark wings as wide as the man was tall, swooped curiously.
From Literature
The stunning operation saw US forces swoop in by helicopter under cover of darkness and seize Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores from a highly secured compound in the Venezuelan capital on January 3.
From Barron's
And the way she perches over my brother reminds me of a hawk about to swoop in on its prey.
From Literature
She received treatment on site leading to a 15-minute delay in the race as a helicopter swooped in overhead.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
