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Sentence Examples Their screaming contorting aerobatics as they swoop on clouds of insects keeps me greatly amused. And each performance ends in a final swoop and a flicker of white underwings at the moment of alighting. It seems The Powers That Be decided to give me a whole month's worth of unluckiness in one fail swoop. I'm sure she's flouting loads of official and unofficial tube etiquette in one fell swoop here. It is hoped the latest swoop in a nationwide clampdown on unregulated puppy farms will spur the public not to buy dogs from such dealers. Five imitation handguns including a fake M16 machine gun and four fake handguns were also seized during the swoop. The hawkers, or dragon nymphs are longer and thinner and they patrol up and down looking out for prey on which to swoop. Spurs have already demonstrated their interest in Brazil's young starlets with Diego and could swoop again. The hawkers, or dragon nymphs, are longer and thinner and they patrol up and down looking out for prey on which to swoop. We swoop down a canyon to see fronds of black coral growing beneath a slight overhang. At sunset, everyone returns to the porch to swill rum punch and wait for the bats to swoop down. The birds will swoop in front of cars to feed on the insects attracted by the headlights. In late summer and early fall, flocks of tiny finches and other seed-eating birds swoop in to graze among the spent blooms. A pleasure boat glides silently over the surface of Loch Tay, as birds swoop to skim the water. Immigration officials arrested five men in connection with passport fraud following a dawn swoop on a house in Billericay, it was revealed today. One of the raids today involved a swoop on a flat above a kebab shop in Upper Brook Street. The swoop on gangland counterfeiters followed a pre-Euro 2004 intelligence operation. Instead, Richard strode forward and with a single swoop of his open hand dealt Marco the heaviest blow he had ever felt. Wanderers hope their pioneering swoop for Japanese striker Akinori Nishizawa will prove a smart move both on and off the field. Shutt has been scouting for fresh talent to add to the squad following his triple swoop last week. Show More Sentences The drugs were seized following a swoop on a house in Cahernorry, Ballysimon on Tuesday night. Every statement was accommodated with a graceful swoop of her arms or an articulated movement of her hands, like a sort of exotic dance. Following the dramatic swoop, eight men were sentenced to life imprisonment, to be released between 22 and 27 years later. Bryan Robson is trying to make a deadline-day swoop for Manchester United starlet Chris Eagles. She shut them for a moment and immediately felt the world drop out from under her in a sickening swoop of her stomach. The only movement was the flapping of a hawk or the swoop of a diving osprey, the only sound the gentle lapping of water on the shore. Sleeping on the beach is no longer an option because the beach police will swoop down and move you on. Quebec's falconers have the right to allow their birds of prey to soar overhead but the birds are forbidden to swoop down and nab other beasts. In one fell swoop we have cured the traffic jam problem, the fuel crisis and air pollution! In one fell swoop, it gets new customers for its existing products and new products for its existing customers. In one fell swoop fuel has been added to the fire of community disillusion with its political appointees. In one fell swoop Scottish racing would be transformed and upgraded as never before. In one fell swoop, he has managed to anger just about everyone attending university. In one fell swoop we would alienate every parent and teacher in the country. In one fell swoop, professional regulation has been radically and disturbingly transformed. What is this decision that threatens to wipe out the Internet in one fell swoop? Wherever you look, fish are jumping out of the placid water, landing with audible plips and plops, while ospreys swoop down to pluck up dinner. A convoy of six armed vehicles, three police dogs and several patrol cars made a simultaneous lunchtime swoop at the addresses. I would compare it, not to the butterfly's flitting, but to the eagle's swoop and soar in flight. The steaming hot water of the bath had naturally fogged up the glass so with one swoop of her bony hand she wiped a streak clear. Show More Sentences In one daring scene he uses a crane shot to swoop from a very high angle into a choker close shot of his sweating angelic face. If you are a culture vulture who wants to swoop through the locality seeking sites of historical interest then you won't be disappointed. If the powers that be truly wanted the discrimination to end they could do it in one fell swoop. Rather than reconfiguring the Court in one fell swoop, they must proceed member by member, as justices die or leave voluntarily. As such, helicopter borne sections will swoop down on suspect vehicles in pursuit of looters and the illegal oil trade. When birds swoop around en masse, how do they decide who does the steering? Would I be able to swoop in on some beginner's luck and take something home? Undercover council officers are to swoop on local shops in a bid to keep a killer jelly sweet out of Bolton. They swoop over the crowd on wires and perform acrobatic feats on trapezes. With plenty of smaller birds and rabbits to prey on, all around the island kestrels hover, buzzards glide and peregrine falcons swoop. If they tried to do this in one fall swoop, red flags and alarms would be going off all over the place. In one fell swoop, Web analytics can help you figure out all the important information about people who visit your site. At the end, I swoop up again and bank left, taking the aircraft in a steep climb over the surrounding hills. Invoke the slippery slope and construct a straw man to knock down with one fell swoop of rhetoric. No, you babble thank you 18 times, swoop under his outstretched arm and bang your forehead on the doorframe. High above, two sea eagles swoop and dive, the light flashing bronze tints off their backs. What makes apparently sane people leave the comfort of terra firma to fly, to glide, to fall, to swoop or to jump out of planes at 12,000 feet? Instead of merely curving down, the arms swoop down and around to hug the back of your head. A peregrine falcon and a merlin swoop overhead, and the canyon soon curves to the left. Reports of a growing number of illegal minicabs on Sutton's streets prompted the borough's first ever swoop last weekend. Show More Sentences The birds would swoop into the cold water then reach their heads back up to the fishermen. Riders are suspended in the jaws of a vampire bat, their legs dangling free, as they swoop over the treetops and soar through the sky. It is important to shop around and compare prices before you swoop in on the ideal gadget. You're unlikely to get the best price but you'll get shot of your junk in one fell swoop and, again, it doesn't take much effort on your part. She covers this with deft skill and a versatile voice that can sweetly caress or swoop with camp theatrical grandeur. Gambian football authorities are pondering to making a swoop for Bjomholm-Jatta, a Gambian by descent, who plays for one of Norway's biggest clubs. The frigatebirds swoop down from above to pursue the target, pulling at the bird's wings or tail, in an attempt to force the bird to disgorge and drop its prey items. I used to love wandering around as a kid waiting for a maggie to swoop me. Oblivious to the splish-splash, Slingblades frankfurter fingers snatched the mop into action causing the tangled mophead to swoop on and smear the pigeon ordure. I would love to lie flat on some grass while gigantic birds of prey flap and swoop over me, to feel the beat of the wind from their powerful wings. Watching this movie makes you want to swoop in and rescue all the kids who go through things like this in real life. That leaves plenty of room for Patinkin to swoop in and claim one of the spots that is rightfully his. Occasionally an owl will take wing from a branch and swoop away with a flash of white. In this genre, they don't come more distinctive, and the haunchy swoop of the back end is a steroidal depiction of a toughie driving round the block. Freedom and privacy rarely, if ever, disappear in one fell swoop. Runs are scored when a batter reaches the home plate after running round all three bases, be it one-by-one or alternatively in one fell swoop after one hit. Eyeing a green-banded swallowtail fluttering above him, Samson takes a running leap and with a deft swoop of his net catches the iridescent butterfly. A spokesman said the company worked closely with the Immigration Service, knew the swoop was planned and would not face further action or prosecution. He has contacts within the flashy high-speed world of Formula One and some of the men involved in his financial swoop for City are believed to be from the Grand Prix circuit. Not only are you doubling the size of your family in one fell swoop, just think of all the extra clothes and nappies, cots and that triple road train sized pram. Show More Sentences And in one fell swoop, all the things I had to remember her by were gone. In one fell swoop they are increasing the amount of traffic on the roads. The women, dressed in skinny jeans and vest tops, swoop in and out. As you walk in front of the first screen, your silhouette appears and birds swoop down toward you. Now I watch the second hand on my analog clock swoop around with the tiniest of pauses, and I wonder how it will look after another thirty years goes by. What ponce de Leon failed to find in one fell swoop, medical researchers have been chipping away at in recent years. In one fell swoop, the Supreme Court has constrained government power, expanded corporate rights, and protected religious tyranny. First there are steep stone steps, then a gradual rise, a levelling out, a swoop to the top and a steep drop to the stone steps on the other side. There the eagles wait to swoop down on weakened kokanee salmon. Gilb's portrayal of the titular character is particularly striking, effortlessly balancing eroticism and repugnance in each swoop of her floor-length gown. Detectives said the blue or green Rover 600 was probably left in the town following the swoop on a guard delivering cash to the HSBC in Morrisons, on Tuesday afternoon. They wear orange jump suits and swoop down from some ungodly perch and sweep and gather and toss it all into the back of a dump truck with unmarked California exempt plates. The background singers swoop obscenely and the guitars grind. There is still scope to sign players on frees, though, and Hughes is open to the idea of making a swoop for someone like Cole, providing it's financially viable. The swoop on Smith was in the first place a signal that they had not quietly dropped an investigation which many believed they had no stomach for. The loss of so much cargo in one swoop confirmed, once again, the folly of building such gigantic ships. We don't feel a fixed air craft would be able to swoop and hover in the same way required. Airborne dinosaurs will swoop down on a flying fox, while a canopy walk will provide a unique perspective. What next, a swoop by the Irish cops on eagles lifting babies from prams? A lone bacterium, genetically tweaked, can demolish switchgrass and ferment the sugary rubble to ethanol in one fell swoop. Show More Sentences Government hit squads will swoop on unscrupulous money men who target poor inner-city households often turned down for loans elsewhere. Changing the oil lubricates the engine and removes debris in one fell swoop. He was arrested on May 9, 2003, after handing himself into police following a Customs and Excise swoop on a lorry carrying cashews he had imported. A PASSENGER using an electronic cigarette which gives off a vapour caused armed police to swoop on a coach in a terror alert which closed a motorway for more than four hours. Hueil would often swoop down from Scotland to fight battles and carry off spoils, and during one of these raids, Hueil was pursued and killed by King Arthur. In spring, and occasionally in autumn, birds may soar high above the heronry and chase each other, undertake aerial manoeuvres or swoop down towards the ground. Chelsea plan a summer swoop for Atletico Madrid whiz-kid Fernando Torres and will enter a bidding war with Inter Milan for Real Madrid midfielder Esteban Cambiasso. However, it's the swoop for Tamas that will excite the Celtic support. A LAST-MINUTE pounds 2million swoop for the racing assets of the bankrupt Prost F1 team by a secret consortium sparked a bitter row in the Melbourne pit lane yesterday. Examples from Classical Literature It was as if the last swoop of that batlike figure had returned them to consciousness. Back came Mrs. chebec with a swoop, but, on seeing me, halted short of the nest. But what became of the families of the habitans after this swoop of your foragers? I went down it with a swoop, landed in a heap beside the kiosk and ducked into it. Like a falcon on its perch, he awaited the opportunity to swoop on the quarry. The earthward swoop of the upper boughs would hasten till the air was full of a whistling, whishing sound. Then the paper cutter came down on the desk with a swoop, and his whole face lighted. A red-tailed hawk once was observed to swoop down, seize a prairie dog and fly down the canyon. Bats swoop through the halls of Vermont's grand State House, and nobody seems to mind. I felt as perhaps a bird may feel in the clear air, knowing the hawk wings above and will swoop. The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim. In a single night a swoop was made through the neighboring pastures by the Blackfeet, and eighty-six of the finest horses carried off. A GUN alert which saw armed police swoop on a quiet high street was triggered by a tennis racket. So the swoop of the squall took them completely by surprise. The main component of one caterpillar whistle is a little swoop in the same frequency range as a chickadee seet. The Mercutians were almost directly overhead now, preparing to swoop. His right hand seemed to hang on the instant for the swoop to his gun. With a swoop upwards instead of a swoop downwards, as you say. Joan hasn't got a scrap of cellulite, no signs of underarm swoop or a single wrinkle. I invested the whole of my capital, at one fell swoop, in advertisements, and purchased my drugs and my pill-boxes on credit. Show More Sentences Next day's march brings them within our reach, and, falcon-ways, we swoop on them at once. The consequence was a second swoop, in which forty-one were carried off. Wider views include an aerial swoop over the stone wall sheepfolds patterning Snowdon, the slopes looking up to Llyn y Garn still holding snow, and seaweed-strewn sands. In one fell swoop he ruined the centuries-old myth that tipsters are the chosen ones who have the God-given right and gift to predict race winners. Somewhat as two vultures may swoop upon a dying lamb, Fettes and Macfarlane were to be let loose upon a grave in that green and quiet resting-place. In one fell swoop, 58m people on Facebook and 18m on Twitter were dragged into negotiations in which they have momentarily become the flys on the wall. For a moment there would come a lull in the storm, but then it would swoop down again with such onslaughts that it seemed impossible to stand against it. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of swoop? Words that rhyme with swoop What is the past tense of swoop? What is the plural of swoop? What is the adverb for swoop? What is the adjective for swoop? What is the noun for swoop? Translations for swoop Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words swoony swoons swooning swooned swoon swoln Swoop swooped swooping swoops swoopy swoosh 5-letter Words Starting With s sw swo swoo