swimmer
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Ternus is tall and thin, with the same build he carried when he was a swimmer in college at the University of Pennsylvania.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
"I'm a poor swimmer and need to learn how to swim properly," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
Kirsty Coventry, a former gold-medal Olympics swimmer from Zimbabwe, was elected a year ago as the first woman president of the IOC.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Into that hole she and Ms. Andrade will plunge—after, naturally, a sauna—and begin Ms. Andrade’s training as an endurance swimmer and endurance breather.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
Most beautiful of all are the emotions: She feels the tides of fear, bloodlust, despair, and blind fury like a swimmer in a stormy sea, overwhelming yet thrilling.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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