Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

But the highly anticipated film, which has a runtime of nearly two and a half hours, appears to have swerved that fate.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2023

Yes, stocks have swerved scarily this year as Wall Street comes to grips with a Federal Reserve no longer doing everything it can to prop up markets.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2022

It’s not entirely true to say this film radicalised her, though Winslet does sound like her politics have swerved a little since 2000, when she declared herself “irritated by feminism”.

From The Guardian • Feb. 21, 2021

And each time I called, the world, and his small, insignificant life within it, would have swerved unthinkably from last time.

From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2020

Clare suspected that even a human car would have swerved to avoid taking such a handsome life.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman