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Definition of Swarmed
1. swarm [v] - See also: swarm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swarmed
Literary usage of Swarmed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Text-book of Geology by Archibald Geikie (1885)
"Cephalopoda must havo swarmed in some of the Cretaceous seas (Figs. 397, 398, 399).
Their Fig. ... swarmed ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"They yielded to the harpies that swarmed about his court 180000 pounds. But the
spirit which gave them birth could not be destroyed, ..."
3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"It was at least five minutes before quiet could be restored, and the meeting
allowed to proceed. In the meantime crowds swarmed around the gallant Major, ..."
4. Common-place Book by Robert Southey, John Wood Warter (1850)
"He made a book concerning homonymous sainte, and there were 855, all having their
doubles, trebles, quadruples or more : so had saints swarmed in those days ..."
5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1884)
"People of all orders and degrees set themselves to celebrate this four-hundredth
anniversary, and 30000 visitors swarmed into the little town. ..."
6. Outing (1892)
"... and the innocent " sophies," and not a few juniors, began to feel very happy.
They hugged each other, hugged freshmen and swarmed all over the house. ..."
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