She is nearer to him now, and the face swims in upon him across the chasm of long silent years, the same pure face, still bright with tender love.
Then the valleyswims before him--for it is, it is, the woman he had loved.
A rod, with a concealed magnet at the end, is presented to the bird, and it swims after it.
This insect is seen in stagnating waters, where it swimson its back, and presents its abdomen upwards; for which reason it has been called by the Greek name of notonecta.
The extremely delicate and soft body of these gherkin-shaped cnidaria swims slowly in the water by means of the strokes of thousands of tiny oar-blades.
In some highly organized cephalopods one of the eight arms of the male develops into an independent body, swims about, and accomplishes the fertilization of the female (hectocotylus among the argonauta, philonexis, etc.
In the higher plants and animals only the small male cell is mobile as a rule, and swims towards the large immobile ovum in order to blend with it.
So Sigurd turned to the river and stood by the wave-wet strand, And the grey horse swims to his feet and lightly leaps aland, And the youngling looks upon him, and deems none beside him good.
The little whirl-gig, of which we have before spoken, swims by means of its legs, which are paddle-shaped.
The water boatman swims upon his back by means of his singularly formed legs.
The wild-duck, gladsome and unharmed, swimsin the meres which here and there divide the river meadows.
I turn to watch him, as he swims the night air with moveless wing—dropping, like the emissary of an evil witch, on the willow branch between me and the moon.
At this time the babirusa may have entered Bouru, since it probably swims as well as its allies the pigs.
In the pool of Corri-Bui swims a salmon with a skin that shines like silver, and whose gills are red--bring them all to me, and then you shall know where dwell your brothers and your sister!
It is not pretty, but it has a really good disposition, and swims as well as any other; I may even say it swims better.
Such Venus shines, when with a measured bound She smoothly gliding swims the harmonious round, When with the Graces in the dance she moves, And fires the gazing gods with ardent loves.
And dash'd like dogs against the stony floor: The pavement swims with brains and mingled gore.
It is not pretty, but it has a really good disposition, and swims as well as any other; yes, I may even say it, swims better.
Eltuluma means "he swims in;" but who it is that swims in we know not.
This side is turned uppermost as the fish swims in the water or when it lies on the bottom.
If lifted out of the water, the slimy hagfish at once slips out andswims quickly away.
The animal swims through schools of sardines and anchovies, strikes right and left with this saw, destroying the small fishes, who thus become an easy prey.
The very young flounder swims with its broad axis vertical in the water, and it has one eye on either side.
The fish, especially if it be one which swims close to the bottom, is better protected if the olivaceous surface is marked by darker cross streaks and blotches.
She carries them on her back as she swims and dives, sometimes to the bottom of the river.
On his roamings he also climbs up trees and creeping plants, and swims across large streams.
He swims along the surface and lashes the waves with his tail to free himself from his tormentors.
Then I swims off to the gunboat, asks civil like for the Don skipper, and says I'm a Spanish AB and a volunteer come on the job.
The dog, plunging into the tide and striking towards his master with immense strength, reaches him and swims round him.
Towards winter, Razor-bills migrate southwards, either to avoid cold or to find waters where their prey swims nearer to the surface than in our climate.
It swims well, and sometimes it will take to the water of its own accord.
If you are unobserved, itswims steadily for a short distance, then suddenly disappears, making no splash or noise, but slipping into the water as if its body were lubricated.
Its food and habits closely resemble those of the other Ducks; it is active, and both swims and flies rapidly, preferring fresh-water lakes to the sea, and resorting principally to such pieces of water as afford it ready concealment.
There's blackened shell in the trampled fern When the white moon swims the sky.
August on the River The swooning heat of August Swims along the valley's bed.
The male of the fresh water prawn who swims leaning on his side, holds his female between his claws and progresses by bounds; she is much smaller than he is.
The female swims up stream, stops over a grass or sand bottom, the male follows, obeying her gesture.
When thus loaded, he swims deep in the water, and nothing is seen but his trunk, which he keeps erect to enable him to breathe.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "swims" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
