Sentence examples for be swooped from inspiring English sources

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be swooped

verb

To fly or glide downwards suddenly; to plunge (in the air) or nosedive

  • The lone eagle swooped down into the lake, snatching its prey, a small fish.

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Neither do the bottles of Killerby and Ferngrove wines stacked up in the shop, ready to be swooped upon by wine tourists.

Of course, one might argue that all women really want to be swooped up by a genteel public servant who not only looks like Ralph Fiennes but who also maintains a focus on them so intense he barely makes the time to flip through the latest issue of Roll Call.

He then outlined a bizarre scenario, in which home-schooled children would be "swooped away" by social services and given to homosexual homes, where he said children might be abused.

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The United States auto industry, always on a roller coaster, seems to be swooping downward again.

Squadrons of enforcement agents will not be swooping down on all-night diners, or bursting through the swinging doors of saloons armed with ashtrays.

Word has been circulating for weeks now that Twitter was soon to be swooping up the popular third-party app, TweetDeck.

Unfortunately, the Caped Crusader won't be swooping in to help them any time soon.

Hold on to your hats, because the iPad 2 may be swooping in fast.

Ms. Ansanelli is swooped around by Mr. Woetzel, who dives to her feet in the second duet.

As they come up, if they're in good condition, they're swooped up fast".

The concept was swooped upon by a number of British cart makers, including Denis Johnson of London.

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