swoop
verb (used without object)
to sweep through the air, as a bird or a bat, especially down upon prey.
was swooping
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past progressiveof swoop.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Wall Street was swooping down on Piggly Wiggly “like an eagle on a chicken,” Saunders thought.
From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2021
“Captain Marvel” was swooping into movie theaters on March 8, the same date as International Women’s Day in the same month as Women’s History Month.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 21, 2019
A man on a yellow bicycle was swooping around in the grass, playing “Ain’t No Sunshine” on a boom box.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 22, 2017
One local resident, Aleksandr Mytyshchenko, whose house lies close to the disaster scene, said that he and his wife had initially thought that the downed plane was swooping low to drop bombs on them.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 19, 2014
And even though his dactyl was swooping wildly through the clouds, they weren’t far back.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
