swoop
verb (used without object)
to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey.
is swooping
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present progressiveof swoop (3rd person singular).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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He’s triumphed over spies, terrorists, aliens and Jack Nicholson; now Tom Cruise is swooping in to save the movie industry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2022
The wide shots have no depth, even when the camera is swooping around in a self-consciously three-dimensional falcon’s eye view.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2019
The next thing we know a military helicopter is swooping down to pick him up and take him to his sub.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 24, 2018
Below is a military base, where a cargo plane is swooping in to land.
From The Guardian ● May 2, 2013
It is not the militia then, that is swooping down upon the people to crush them for demanding the body of their dead; it is not the Pinkertons.
From The Transgressors Story of a Great Sin by Francis A. Adams
