2. Verb. (third-person singular of swoop) ¹
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Definition of Swoops
1. swoop [v] - See also: swoop
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swoops
Literary usage of Swoops
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Growth of British Policy: An Historical Essay by John Robert Seeley (1895)
"Blake swoops down upon their fishing-fleet; he lies in wait for the East Indian
commercial fleet. In the battle of March the Dutch fleet is formed in four ..."
2. The Growth of British Policy: An Historical Essay by John Robert Seeley (1903)
"Blake swoops down upon their fishing-fleet; he lies in wait for the East Indian
commercial fleet. In the battle of March the Dutch fleet is formed in ..."
3. Every Day in the Year: A Poetical Epitome of the World's History by James Lauren Ford, Mary K. Ford (1902)
"... His broadsides roll, the foemen swerve Down swoops, in one tremendous curve,
Toward the shore. In one great round his Brooklyn turns And, girdling there ..."
4. Selections from the Letters of Robert Southey by Robert Southey, John Wood Warter (1856)
"generation swoops away much); the changes that have been and that are in progress;
everything in short that belongs to the pursuits either of historian, ..."
5. History of Wayne County, Ohio, from the Days of the Pioneers and First by Ben Douglass (1878)
"He ceased swoops and forays; he yelped war no more. The Moravian missionaries
drew him under their " sweet influences;" he professed; he confessed; ..."
6. Light-Fingered Gentry by David Graham Phillips (1907)
"XV ARMSTRONG swoops ABOUT an hour after Narcisse left Fosdick, he sent for
Westervelt, the venerable comptroller of the OAD But Westervelt came before the ..."
7. Light-Fingered Gentry by David Graham Phillips (1907)
"XV ARMSTRONG swoops ABOUT an hour after Narcisse left Fosdick, he sent for
Westervelt, the venerable comptroller of the OAD But Westervelt came before the ..."
8. The Growth of British Policy: An Historical Essay by John Robert Seeley (1895)
"Blake swoops down upon their fishing-fleet; he lies in wait for the East Indian
commercial fleet. In the battle of March the Dutch fleet is formed in four ..."
9. The Growth of British Policy: An Historical Essay by John Robert Seeley (1903)
"Blake swoops down upon their fishing-fleet; he lies in wait for the East Indian
commercial fleet. In the battle of March the Dutch fleet is formed in ..."
10. Every Day in the Year: A Poetical Epitome of the World's History by James Lauren Ford, Mary K. Ford (1902)
"... His broadsides roll, the foemen swerve Down swoops, in one tremendous curve,
Toward the shore. In one great round his Brooklyn turns And, girdling there ..."
11. Selections from the Letters of Robert Southey by Robert Southey, John Wood Warter (1856)
"generation swoops away much); the changes that have been and that are in progress;
everything in short that belongs to the pursuits either of historian, ..."
12. History of Wayne County, Ohio, from the Days of the Pioneers and First by Ben Douglass (1878)
"He ceased swoops and forays; he yelped war no more. The Moravian missionaries
drew him under their " sweet influences;" he professed; he confessed; ..."
13. Light-Fingered Gentry by David Graham Phillips (1907)
"XV ARMSTRONG swoops ABOUT an hour after Narcisse left Fosdick, he sent for
Westervelt, the venerable comptroller of the OAD But Westervelt came before the ..."
14. Light-Fingered Gentry by David Graham Phillips (1907)
"XV ARMSTRONG swoops ABOUT an hour after Narcisse left Fosdick, he sent for
Westervelt, the venerable comptroller of the OAD But Westervelt came before the ..."
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