Example Sentences

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Despite the situation, daily life appeared largely normal: some people were swimming, others shopping at the market or sitting at cafe terraces.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

The fish — 6 years old and pretty big, as goldfish go — were swimming in a slurry of ash and debris.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2025

The morning shows and newsreels and college football games were swimming before my eyes.

From Slate • Nov. 3, 2024

His job was to make sure the men's 4x200m freestyle relay team reached the final while Scott and individual silver medallist Matt Richards were either rested or were swimming other events in the morning.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2024

It had been decorated with hundreds and hundreds of candle-filled pumpkins, a cloud of fluttering live bats, and many flaming orange streamers, which were swimming lazily across the stormy ceiling like brilliant watersnakes.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling