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swung

American  
[swuhng] / swʌŋ /

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of swing.

swung British  
/ swʌŋ /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of swing

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Other Word Forms

  • unswung adjective

Example Sentences

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And he said it was only earlier this month - 4 April to be exact - when he felt "the pendulum totally swung in our favour".

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Intraday trading swung downward after indexes opened higher.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

The Dutch group swung to a net profit of €238.5 million in the first quarter from a €28.9 million loss a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Salesforce jumped 2.8%, ServiceNow was up 2.7%, Intuit rose 2%, and Figma swung to a 1.2% gain.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

One by one, Nine swept them back into satchels, then cinched them up and swung them into the tree hollow behind him, where they landed with a soft thud.

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

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