bathers
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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His paintings of erupting fountains, spurting fireworks and splashing bathers make you feel a cool summer breeze in the middle of a packed fair space.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
With its spectacular white formations rounded by erosion, the so-called 'moon beach' has bathers packed tighter than an astronaut's suit during summertime.
From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026
The state government says shark nets are "not designed to create a total barrier between bathers and sharks" but rather aim to "intercept target sharks" during any hunts which bring them close to the shore.
From BBC • Oct. 3, 2025
The subject — bathers — is as foundational to Modern art as it gets, conjuring Paul Cézanne.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2025
Chicago's daily Tribune sported two full pages of beach bathers with wide smiles and dripping swimsuits, proclaiming, “KEEP COOL! There's room for 250,000 like these at Chicago’s Beaches Today.”
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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