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Discover LudwigThe phrase "attempt to swim" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an effort or endeavor to swim, whether in a literal or metaphorical sense.
Example: "Despite the rough waters, she decided to make an attempt to swim to the shore."
Alternatives: "try to swim" or "make an effort to swim".
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Tells about her first attempt to swim the Channel….
Swimmers caught in a rip current should not attempt to swim shoreward directly against the current.
Captain Webb's second attempt to swim across the Channel has been successful.
Fifty people accompanied Nyad in her August attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida, filling three boats.
A forward-looking left must go with the tide of transparency, not attempt to swim against it.
Tells about her first attempt to swim the Channel and that of August 6, 1926, which she accomplished.
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One more, a 17-year-old called Håkon Ødegaard, drowned while attempting to swim away.
Columnist Matthew Parris fell into troubled waters this week after attempting to swim across the Thames.
On June 10 Frederick, who had ridden ahead with his bodyguard, was drowned while attempting to swim a stream.
When the Italian Navy arrived, hundreds of men, women and children were attempting to swim for safety.
Common sense would suggest face down, grabbing for the lost ball, attempting to swim, scrabbling, desperately floundering.
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