Example Sentences

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Swerving his car around the cow and into a pole wrecked Hank’s promising professional baseball career.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2025

Swerving this way and that to avoid the issue and the questions.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2023

Swerving ahead of the beat as they swap verses, this fantastic duet ultimately feels like a half-throttle race toward the moment when XanMan finally banishes his “goofy” enemies “to Comic-Con.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2018

“Give them the space to say how bad they feel and stay with it. Swerving away from it, talking about a silver lining, can signal you don’t want to hear it.”

From The Guardian • Nov. 25, 2016

Swerving through traffic, honking his horn at red lights—which was illegal in Moscow—the driver pulled up to Moscow’s Radio Center building.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin