swim
Example Sentences
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The taste of seawater drying on skin after a swim.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
He says it comes from something he did when he was on a swim team in high school.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
“I have good watches, but I swim, and I find that the cheaper watches are better.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Chiedza, who could not swim, got out of her depth while fetching a volleyball from the sea while playing with her 11-year-old cousin.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
“That’s my point. You get to choose. To swim or float. To go against the current or with it.”
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
Vocabulary lists containing swim
Words with Two Past-Tense Forms That Creeped (or Crept) into English
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Words to Know and Academic Words, Unit 6
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