swifts
- plural of swift.
Example Sentences
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The first swifts have nested in boxes installed at a University of Cambridge college which is hoping to help stem the decline of the birds and a lack of natural nesting sites.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Others have raised environmental concerns over colonies of common swifts nesting in the park.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Downtown's Pershing Square supports mourning doves, Vaux's swifts, gopher snakes and exotic streaktails, a type of fly that feeds on aphids.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024
Some of the houses include solar slate roofs and built-in bird boxes to attract swifts.
From Washington Post ● May 2, 2023
Out past the kitchen window, swifts swoop for insects, and the filaments of a spiderweb catch the light and shine for an instant and are gone.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
