swathe

Example Sentences

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Across its two floors, whole swathes of shops are boarded up.

From BBC

Trying not to think of the sticky white curtains that swathed the trees, the huge, crawling spiders and their million eyes so close.

From Literature

In 2021, a swathe of land was purchased by the community after Buccleuch Estates announced its intention to sell off a huge chunk of its Borders Estate.

From BBC

She had been doing this now for half a year: to prove to herself that the swathes of gray soil across the forest really were growing larger.

From Literature

This comes after weeks of clashes which saw Syrian troops reclaim large swathes of territory in the north-east that had been under SDF control for more than a decade.

From BBC