swan dive

The Memphis metropolitan daily, the aptly named Commercial Appeal, took a swan dive on the story.

The only thing we can be sure of is that what little credibility Congress has left took a swan dive on Friday.

The mechanic seemed to do a beautiful swan dive through the flame-tinted air for a moment.

And come he did, in a swan dive that was almost professional and that brought handclapping approval from the girls.

Ray climbed up on the rail, poised there a second, then attempted a swan dive.

Some white man must have taught him, for he made the proper swan dive and did it as beautifully as I have ever seen it.

Ten seconds later, as the lapping waves reached for her, she did a sort of swan dive and landed flat with the raft beneath her.