Sentence examples for competent swimmer from inspiring English sources

A responsible adult who is a competent swimmer should always be watching nearby.

Her husband was a competent swimmer and she had no reason to believe that there would be any difficulty.

I am a competent swimmer, but no lifeguard, and I lacked the upper-body strength to haul us both up and out.

"I'm not a competent swimmer," said Maris Friedman, a member of both the Manhattan and East Hampton branches of the Jim Spiers Fan Club.

Even a child who is a competent swimmer must be supervised at all times and should be assigned a buddy to swim with.

In truth, if you've surfed or even bodyboarded before, you might not need a lesson, but I'd recommend one for those with no experience of catching waves, and you do need to be a competent swimmer.

In my judgement the risks to competent swimmers of swimming in this pond from which Mr Darby so unfortunately succumbed were perfectly obvious.

A key part of the strategy is to ensure all students in Primary School learn to become competent swimmers.

Although the strategy outlined plans to improve school swimming programmes and a desire to ensure all children become competent swimmers, it did not include funding for a new pool.

Only once when they were fully competent swimmers did we allow them to take the dinghy on their own and row to shore.

Giraffes would probably not be competent swimmers as their long legs would be highly cumbersome in the water, although they could possibly float.