aswarm

American  

[uh-swawrm] / əˈswɔrm /

adjective

1. filled, as by objects, organisms, etc., especially in motion; teeming (usually used predicatively).

   The garden was aswarm with bees; a night sky aswarm with stars.

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aswarm British  

/ əˈswɔːm /

adjective

1. (postpositive) filled, esp with moving things; swarming

   flower beds aswarm with bees

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Etymology

Origin of aswarm

First recorded in 1880–85; a- ¹ + swarm ¹

Example Sentences

Washington is aswarm with an army of young, eager and ambitious staffers who possess more in the way of swagger and attitude than good sense.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2024

The place was aswarm with kindred spirits and budding daredevils.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2021

The grooves will be churning, and the mood exuberant verging on ecstatic — especially given a likely parade of guests from a local scene aswarm with party-starters.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2016

Finally, the researchers returned to academia, those halls aswarm with precisely coded language and the affairs of the ego.

From Slate • Jul. 23, 2014

Pale red walls loomed up about them, reassuringly high and aswarm with crossbowmen.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin