breast-stroke
Example Sentences
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"There was a fair bit of swell which made getting your breathing rhythm a bit difficult, although easier for breast-stroke swimmers like me because I could see the waves coming," she said.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
Peaty has a similar problem to Monye - and will have to get his body used to a little less breast-stroke, a little more ballroom.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2021
I kept following the current, swimming breast-stroke, trying to keep my head above water.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 16, 2017
Presently turning on his chest for the breast-stroke he struck his knee, and immediately stood up: “Mark!”
From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Jefferies, Richard
Ten minutes later, without help of the glass—his hand being too shaky to hold it steady—he saw the doctor in the water below him, swimming out to sea with a strong breast-stroke.
From Merry-Garden and Other Stories by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
