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Example sentences for "swarmed"

Lexicographically close words:
swardy; sware; swarest; swarm; swarme; swarmes; swarming; swarms; swart; swarthy
  1. The northern gate, where giant foes Swarmed round their monarch, RĂ¡ma chose Where he in person might direct The battle, and his troops protect.

  2. The Persians planted their scaling ladders and swarmed to the help of their comrades; and for thirty-six hours continuously the fight raged furiously on the wall.

  3. But their enemies swarmed on their tracks like wolves upon a drove of cattle.

  4. Elephants and rhinoceroses, giraffes and zebras, hippopotami and wild boars, buffaloes and antelopes occurred in large numbers, and the northern extremity of the lake swarmed with crocodiles.

  5. A whole village of tents sprang up at some distance from us, and round the new tents swarmed Tibetans on foot and horseback.

  6. The provisions came to an end, but the sea swarmed with walruses.

  7. Indeed, they appeared to enjoy the presence of the innumerable hosts that swarmed in all parts of their huts.

  8. In addition to large sea fowl, which were very numerous, an immense number of little birds swarmed the air, some of them of beautiful plumage, and excelling in melodious notes.

  9. A huge barricade of mud and stones and trunks of trees had been thrown across the mouth of the pass, while the heights on either side swarmed with the wild hill-tribes.

  10. A horde of robbers and fanatics swarmed between the city and the cantonments, plundering under our very eyes the few supplies that were sent in, but as they were now to be considered "as our allies" not a shot was permitted to be fired.

  11. Up to the fort swarmed Joe and his mates, only to be driven back by a withering fire.

  12. Once more they swarmed to the attack, and with very good effect, delivering such a rattling volley of balls, that the defenders were thrown into confusion, and could not send back an answering fire quickly enough.

  13. The crowd swarmed over the diamond, players and spectators mingling.

  14. The progenies of Cham and Japhet swarmed into colonies, and those colonies were subdivided into many others.

  15. Not so thick swarmed once the soil Bedropped with blood of Gorgon.

  16. It was a lonesome looking place till you got used to it, in spite of the thousands of men who swarmed around them.

  17. Pellmell across the street swarmed the little fellows, each bound to get there first.

  18. For answer Bihari stepped to the door, put two fingers to his lips, blew a loud blast, and behold, as if by magic the place swarmed with children.

  19. Whirling about just in time to save herself from the grip of five girls in gypsy costumes who swarmed at her, Florence sprang towards them to scatter them as a turkey might scatter a bevy of pigeons.

  20. The magnificent palaces of the Russian boyards, the bazaars of the merchants, churches and convents, and public buildings of every description, swarmed with their numbers.

  21. And God created great Reptiles, And every living thing that moveth, With which the waters swarmed after their kind, And every winged bird after its kind.

  22. The lane swarmed with whales, and we quickly started out with the boat in pursuit.

  23. As walruses swarmed on all sides, we did not much like paddling singly, and for some distance lashed the kayaks together; for we knew how obtrusive these gentlemen could be.

  24. Steamboats swarmed around, all black with people.

  25. If my brain grew fatigued with unwonted labor, I could set off with Jackson for the top of the moraine to shoot auks, which swarmed under the basalt walls.

  26. As the year waned, and the winter night impended, all the sea animals and birds of passage which had swarmed around us and awakened our longings during the short summer deserted us one by one.

  27. But for this caution, five hundred pirates would have swarmed all over the fort.

  28. Very soon all seas swarmed with these adventurers.

  29. They swarmed about him, grasped his hand and thumped him on the back, until if he had been in poorer condition, he would have been black and blue.

  30. The engineer and fireman sprang from their cab, conductor and trainmen came running up, and the passengers swarmed from the cars.

  31. Nevertheless, the "old-timers" of the Yukon were moderate indeed as compared with the adventurous holiday-seekers who swarmed in upon their tracks.

  32. The three of them were still standing at the bar when the curtain fell on the last vaudeville act and the audience swarmed out into the gambling-room of the main saloon.

  33. The music ended with a crash; a shout, a storm of applause followed; then the dancers swarmed to the bar, bearing Pierce and his companion with them.

  34. This fine avenue swarmed with pedestrians, while on each side chariots, drawn by magnificent horses, hurried past, and riders galloped up and down; at every step there was something new and interesting to be seen.

  35. The Americans swarmed after the fleeing Spaniards, shooting and cheering as they charged, and won a complete victory.

  36. Then the 2,500 soldiers who had been impatiently awaiting the signal to start climbed to the rigging and swarmed all over the big ships, shouting and cheering like mad.

  37. Thousands of pints were served out daily; indeed there was never a supply sufficient to feed the multitudes that swarmed round the cauldrons containing this delicious elixir of life.

  38. The tumult at the Town Hall was remarkable; the people swarmed there like locusts; the ordeal one had to undergo for a "permit" involved cruelty to corns.

  39. These insects swarmed the land--it was difficult to avoid hitting them--and one was not missed.

  40. In the first place it swarmed with disreputable camp-followers.

  41. The force was put under the command of an officer who had a high reputation for dashing courage, another of the numerous Hasdrubals, who, it might almost be said, swarmed in Carthage.

  42. The intention of the Turks soon became evident, for they suddenly swarmed out of the woods and advanced to the attack.

  43. There came the sound of splitting wood, and then a group swarmed in waist-deep and bore out a dripping figure.


  44. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "swarmed" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.