swoln
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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The waves sink to rest, and the swoln water-ways smooth out under the thundering axle; the storm-clouds scatter from the vast sky.
From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil
The bay, which had been so quiet two days before, was all in motion with small waves, while the swoln waterfall roared in our ears.
From Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 by Shairp, John Campbell
There, once again he bent for ease his limbs Both arms and knees, in conflict with the floods Exhausted; swoln his body was all o’er, And from his mouth and nostrils stream’d the brine.
From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William
The well swoln ties an equal homage claim, And either shoulder has its share of fame; His sumptuous watch-case, tho' conceal'd it lies, Like a good conscience, solid joy supplies.
From The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 by Young, Edward
My rumour was upon the world As strong sound of swoln water hurled Through porches of the straining sea.
From Poems & Ballads (First Series) by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
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