swim
verb (used without object)
to move in water by movements of the limbs, fins, tail, etc.
are swimming
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present progressiveof swim.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Often we are swimming in information: recall alerts, traceback reports, lot codes, congressional inquiries, corporate ownership records, corrected test results, viral posts and, increasingly, apps designed to help us interpret the whole mess.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
"We are swimming in uncharted waters," analysts Amy Walters and Matthew Klein wrote in an autopsy of the ruling for the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
Gen Zers and millennials are swimming in student debt and may never own homes, but they’re splurging on gut-healthy juices and rotisserie chickens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
For the first time in more 80 years, Chinook salmon are swimming in the North Yuba River in Northern California thanks to an innovative wildlife program.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2025
“No. You just have to remember that you are swimming in their home. You have to know how to behave when you are the guest.”
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
