swoop
Example Sentences
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She received treatment on site leading to a 15-minute delay in the race as a helicopter swooped in overhead.
With the game all but won on 50 minutes with France leading 29-0 -- lock Charles Ollivon had also scored -- Galthie changed five forwards in one fell swoop and France started to lose their way.
From Barron's
I’d always liked to watch the barn swallows soar and swoop across the sky.
From Literature
Looking up, he saw the dragon swooping toward him, its pointy red wings stretched to the full.
From Literature
Only in the past couple of years, Sansom explained, did watchful staff members start swooping in to “borrow” Bamberger’s chain saw whenever they caught him tramping around the property with one.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
