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swam

verb as in make way through water using arms, legs

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Example Sentences

She attended a multicultural performing arts school and swam competitively.

They swam in the direction of the lights of Giglio, not knowing exactly what they were swimming toward.

If they swam just as strenuously on the tenth immersion as on the first, the risk of drowning would increase dramatically.

My friend, her boyfriend, and I woke up to find a wild, empty beach where we sunbathed, swam naked, and laughed all day.

But not even 20 seconds later, we saw a huge, 14-foot shark that swam about 40 feet from us.

She would not join the groups in their sports and bouts, but intoxicated with her newly conquered power, she swam out alone.

He swam with her upon the summit of the breaking Wave, lifted upon its crest, swept onward irresistibly.

The diver did not stop a moment longer, but swam back to the shore to his waiting friends.

He was nearing a village, but saw nothing save a red mist that swam before him like a fog.

The reindeer swam through the deep water and waded out to the opposite bank.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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