Sentence examples for swift water from inspiring English sources

"swift water" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe a body of water, such as a river or stream, that is rapidly moving. For example, "We were able to canoe downstream on the swift water."

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The answer was sure and swift: "Water".

Finally I was delivered to calm, swift water, and swam for shore.

It doesn't take much, once you get caught broadside against a rock in swift water.

We passed a swift water team in bright orange vests conducting welfare checks along side roads.

"Helicopters, boats and swift water teams are going very heavily" to that area, McCrory said.

The officials also said swift water boats, high-water vehicles and a variety of rescue specialists were standing by.

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Settled in 1635 as part of Cambridge, it was known as Menotomy (from an Algonquian word meaning "swift waters") until separately incorporated as West Cambridge in 1807.

PEDREIRAS, Brazil (AP) — Floodwaters receded somewhat in inundated towns across northern Brazil on Sunday, but the number of people made homeless by the floods rose above 300,000, and two people were missing after an overloaded canoe overturned in swift waters.

But camera companies like Panavision, which was founded in 1953 and supplied lenses for films like "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Ben-Hur," may have no choice but to wade into the swift waters of digital competition.

Rescuing would-be jumpers is only part of their portfolio: They also learn how to properly suppress a fire, extricate an accident victim from a crushed car, rescue people in swift waters and anchor and tie ropes for bridge and building rescues.

After a three-day search of the river's murky, swift waters, rescue teams today found the body of a baby boy that had been caught in some debris in the rain-swollen river about three miles downstream from the bridge.

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