swam

[swam]

verb

1. the simple past tense of swim.

swam

/ swæm /

verb

1. the past tense of swim

Example Sentences

She tried to calm herself with reading, but she could not concentrate on the story, and the words swam upon the page.

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To estimate each animal's size, the researchers also used a drone positioned 25m above the whales as they swam.

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Yu, who turned 13 in October, swam an impressive 2:07:41 to claim gold in the women's 200 metre individual medley on Tuesday.

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In July 2017, more than six years after the disaster at Fukushima, a tiny robot swam through the unit 3 building.

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Hoyos says he held the shark's gaze as it swam away - but then, suddenly, out of nowhere, it lunged at him.

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Related Words

• bathe 
• crawl 
• dive 
• float 
• glide 
• paddle 
• submerge 
• wade