swash

Example Sentences

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Admittedly, ruthlessness does not go hand-in-hand with the swash and buckle that makes England thrilling to watch.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2024

But within Zazzle’s anti-minimalist wedding goods marketplace, there’s a sense that the longer the swash, the fancier something is.

From Slate • Jan. 24, 2023

The developer showed off new footage of the game as a part of its Ubisoft Forward event highlighting all the timbers you’ll get to shiver and buckles you’ll get to swash.

From The Verge • Jul. 7, 2022

Next in line are the tiny sand crabs that tickle your toes in the swash zone, where waves push up onto the sloping beachfront leaving lines of foam and clumps of oil.

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2021

He paused to brush away a mosquito and rubbed a swash of mud across one side of his face.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park