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

Robotcabs were swerving in, hovering above the ground to pick up passengers, then veering away.

From The Colors of Space by Bradley, Marion Zimmer

Mekinese missiles were swerving crazily to try to anticipate and destroy the curving, impossibly-moving objects that went out from where the Horus had ceased to be.

From Talents, Incorporated by Leinster, Murray

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 Schachner, Nathan