This was not in cash, but in a ticket which entitled him to payment in full if he presented it at the pay office in London, but was subject to swinging deductions if he tried to cash it in another port.
Then the boys were replaced by the valves being connected to the swinging beam which caused them to open and close at perfectly regular intervals.
In an incredibly short time the preparations were completed, a strain was put upon the tackle, and when night came the massive false-work had been pulled back into line and the traveler was once more swinging steel into place.
Swinging round the corner of the house, he came into a bright radiance which streamed forth from Eliza's window, and he could not help seeing the interior of the room.
Sure enough, in a little while orders were shouted from the bridge; she heard men running from somewhere, and a rope ladder came swinging down.
While a searchlight was swinging over the face of the country, he lay on the ground, and from there directed the Russian guns, which with his help actually succeeded in silencing the battery.
At the same time the German right is swinging round in a southwesterly direction in order to attack the allied forces on the east and south.
Charlie came into the kitchen, hunted a cookie out of the tin box where such things were kept, and sat swinging one leg over a corner of the table, eying her critically while he munched.
She stood by the door, swinging a straw hat in one hand.
She saw him now coming from the hotel, and she regarded him thoughtfully, a powerful figure swinging along with light, effortless steps.
Then she went back to the house to converse upon domestic matters with Mrs. Howe until the shrilling of the donkey whistle brought forty-odd lumberjacks swinging down the trail.
He came up to the table and seated himself on the edge of it an arm's length from her, swinging one foot free.
Sunsets and dawnings and the starry vast, The swinging moon, the tracery of trees-- These they shall know more perfectly at last, They shall be intimate with such as these.
Then a swinging Turkish sabre clove his left and brought him low, Like a gallant bark, dismasted, at the mercy of the foe.
Then the bareheaded Colonel Galloped through the white infernal Powder-cloud; And his broadsword was swinging And his brazen throat was ringing Trumpet-loud.
Up he scrambled, but he was such a lively little chap that in swinging his tail from side to side he brushed it against the Nodding Donkey.
Again taking my ease, the mellow "roaring" of the multitude of gentle doves commingling with the aeolian blandness of trees swinging under the weight of the restless birds, became once more an idealistic accompaniment to the book.
There was no sensation of overheat, although the arms might weary with the swinging of the heavy maul and the back respond with aches to the stiffened attitude imposed by the adze.
For the fullest effect you must wait till sunset, when the evening gun has been fired, to signal the departing day, and its heavy boom is dying away in the distance, "Swinging low with sullen roar.
In about an hour Albert came back, swinging the empty basket.
I did not hear it," said Gertie, swingingher parasol.
Nevertheless, the small semi-circular piece of grass immediately opposite to his own swinging gate, looked to all the world as though it were an appendage of the Vicarage.
Brattle made no answer, but walked along towards the house at the parson's left hand, the parson holding him the while by the neck of his jacket, and swinging the life-preserver in his right hand.
Mr. Fenwick therefore was all but convinced that Jack the Grinder was the gentleman with whom he had had the encounter, and that the grinder's back had withstood that swingingblow from the life-preserver.
Peggy, swinging herself over the garden wall into the pasture.
The blow fell; the mare staggered, sank back, tried to pull, but the bar fell again with a swinging blow on her back and she fell on the ground like a log.
It's my property," shouted Mikolka and brought the shaft down with a swinging blow.
Over deserts and mountainous stretches they kept swinging along, to the constant accompaniment of the customary chorus of a bustling plane threading the mighty air lanes of the skies.
Shortly afterwards their course was again altered, with the ship swinging into the west.
Perk accordingly started up such a racket that the dreadful roaring noise seemed hoarse enough to awaken the dead and all the while he kept swinging around in a continuous circle.
Perk shortly afterwards, on finding that they were still swinging around in a wide circle, that burning pyre far below being the hub of the wheel of which their boat was the outer tire.
The two outlaws turned away with a laugh, and as soon as their backs were in view Alex opened the swinging sash of the rear window and motioned for Teddy to leap out.
Not for long, however, for the Rambler swinging out into the current, gradually swept down.
Mike obeyed instructions to the letter, and the Rambler was soon swinging easily with her grip on the bottom of the river.
The barges which were grounded were detached from the main tow, and the whole mass went swingingdown the river again, followed by shouts of laughter from the steamer.
In a moment the Rambler was drifting aimlessly downstream, swinging this way and that with the current, spinning along broadside to the wash of the river oftener than in any other position.
In the rear was a gamey tug swinging from side to side in order to keep the fleet under control.
After proceeding a few paces, however, the power was shut off, and she remained swinging in the almost stagnant waters of the bight.
They threw his purse of ill-gotten louis d'or into the river, and sent him swinging from the edge of a ravine, with a vine about his neck and a placard on his breast.
Down-stairs they went, doors swingingopen before them, and along corridors that clanged to the stroke of the spectre's boot heels.
The red and white herd nearest at hand, which had been phlegmatically waiting for the call, now trooped towards the steading in the background, their great bags of milk swinging under them as they walked.
They belong to the caste whose men do not count, and they walked with squared elbows, swinging hips, and heads on high, as suits women who carry heavy weights.
His head and flying mane obscured the rider but I could see the end of a ropeswinging in his hand.
As he stoodswinging the lantern, then, he reminded me of a chanting priest behind the censer.
He stood near the landing, swinging his arms and swearing like a boy just learning how.
Riggs lifted the lantern, presently, and stood swinging it in his hand.
The mate was swinging Number 25 about to follow and look at the ship again; and the searchlight beam swept back and forth through the snow; the blasts of the steam whistle, which had ceased after the collision, burst out again.
The bridge was swinging shut again; the long line of motor cars, which had accumulated from the boulevard from the city, began slowly to move.
They now hung loosely about their necks, the long, wide sleeves that are rarely used swinging over their shoulders.
At home Mr. Kit-ze had his swinging case for his hat, but here he was at a loss as to its disposal.
Two old men are grouped together with Tubal Cain, who, as in the Spanish Chapel, forges musical instruments and keeps time with his swinging hammer.
Many trains passing through Howe were obliged to slow up and soon we were safely ensconced in a side-door Pullman and swinging far out on the mighty trestle of iron which arched the stream.
Out in a sort of shed, after four long hours of religious praise, in a din of sound of voice and song, beneath swinging collections of crutches and pipes and bottles, we were called to the promised supper.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "swinging" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
