swinging

Example Sentences

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So this time, when he found himself hitting out the trees on some early holes, he resisted the urge to get too “guide-y” on his shots and instead kept swinging away.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

The firm reported a statutory pre-tax profit of £8.3m in the year to September, swinging from a £16.2m pre-tax loss a year earlier.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Food inflation eased slightly to 3.4% from 3.5% a month earlier, while prices of non-food goods increased by 0.1% on year, swinging from deflation of 0.1% in Feburary, the report showed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

David Smith, head of the marine arm at specialist insurance broker McGill, estimated last week that premiums were swinging "between three and-a-half and 10 percent" of a vessel's value.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

We both know that Autumn would be the first one charging into the Eloko—screaming and swinging her sword while somehow riding a cow.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer