swerve
verb (used without object)
to turn aside abruptly in movement or direction; deviate suddenly from the straight or direct course.
were swerving
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past progressiveof swerve.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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But chaos and tight races are the norm in snowboard cross, where four riders compete in heats shoulder-to-shoulder in something akin to NASCAR, if the cars were swerving down a mountain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2022
Even submarines were swerving underwater to join in the rescue effort.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
To the left a track ran down to the towing-path and the canal, and already the leaders of the mob were swerving in that direction.
From The Great House by Stanley John Weyman
We plunged straight into the maze of narrow streets, and then suddenly, before we were aware of it, our mounts were swerving and snorting in mad terror!
From Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation by B. L. (Bertram Lenox) Putnam Weale
The men at the mirror were swerving it on gimbals until a ray from it flashed on the burnished nose.
From Pirates of the Gorm by Nathan Schachner
