Sentence examples for swift dive from inspiring English sources

The bird of prey - which has a typical wingspan of three and a half feet and can drop into a steep, swift dive that can top 200mph - is synonymous with Malta because of the deed signed by Charles V of Spain when the Knights of St John were granted the Maltese islands in fief, and had to pay a nominal rent of a falcon on All Saints' day each year.

A down-to-earth Wiig portrays said friend in the movie, which begins mostly as a comedy before its third act takes a swift dive into thriller territory.

The show's most recent season opened with two strong episodes and then took a swift dive, introducing a problematic rape subplot that should have rendered it too soapy for Emmy voters not to censure it.

If investigators conclude from examination of the flaperon that the plane crashed in a swift dive, rather than gliding as much as 20 miles after running out of fuel, that would shorten the projected search area by about 8 miles in each direction, Soucie said.

This morning, I've been watching a chimney swift diving around.

The company has given up suggesting that ordinary shareholders might recover anything in the bankruptcy, which comes at the end of one of the swifter corporate dives in U.S. history.

Undaunted by the high, cold water, two common mergansers -- swift fish-eating diving ducks -- flew low, just above the water.

Carmelo Anthony flashed his isolation scoring ability when necessary but also participated in swift ball movement and dived into the stands after a loose ball.

I loved the slick, swift movements with which they dived and dolphined and twisted underwater.

Huddersfield gave away a penalty when George held on to Gleeson in the tackle and Salford executed the play with swift hands through to Broughton, who dived in at the corner.

He aspired to the idea of hawk: the high freedom, the swift and effortless flight, the sharpness of eye, the vertical dive.