swimming hole

Example Sentences

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We pass a fast-food spot called Jake’s Place, and a scenic patch of land next to the sea with a sign that reads: "Ye olde swimming hole and picnic area."

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2024

Urged on by images like-minded urbanites have posted to YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, the couple looked forward to floating in a picturesque swimming hole where oak and sycamore trees threw shadows over clear, serene waters.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2023

Months before the riots, a young man named José Díaz was stabbed to death near a swimming hole that became known as Sleepy Lagoon in southeast L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2023

He seems more interested backstrokin’ in the same swimming hole as country-ish outsiders like Jason Isbell, Tyler Childers and Sturgill Simpson — another Navy vet once stationed in Washington with a similar aversion to interviews.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2022

I had done this a million times in the swimming hole in Bybanks.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech