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Definition of Swooped
1. swoop [v] - See also: swoop
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swooped
Literary usage of Swooped
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Indian Wars of New England by Herbert Milton Sylvester (1910)
"the Indians disappeared in the direction of Wethers- field, where two hundred of
them swooped down upon the town.1 Nine of the settlers were killed, Mason, ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"... Captain General, swooped down upon the comparatively large city of Jaruco,
looted and burned it, and then moved away again as rapidly as he had come. ..."
3. Remarks on Forest Scenery, and Other Woodland Views by William Gilpin (1834)
"... we know not, but certain it is, that the buzzard swooped down two or three
times at her head, to the great terror of the poor little girl, ..."
4. Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 by Frances Marie Antoinette Mack Roe (1909)
"... and the herders had just turned the horses and mules out to graze, when a band
of Cheyenne Indians swooped down upon them and stampeded every animal, ..."
5. Indian Wars of New England by Herbert Milton Sylvester (1910)
"the Indians disappeared in the direction of Wethers- field, where two hundred of
them swooped down upon the town.1 Nine of the settlers were killed, Mason, ..."
6. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"... Captain General, swooped down upon the comparatively large city of Jaruco,
looted and burned it, and then moved away again as rapidly as he had come. ..."
7. Remarks on Forest Scenery, and Other Woodland Views by William Gilpin (1834)
"... we know not, but certain it is, that the buzzard swooped down two or three
times at her head, to the great terror of the poor little girl, ..."
8. Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 by Frances Marie Antoinette Mack Roe (1909)
"... and the herders had just turned the horses and mules out to graze, when a band
of Cheyenne Indians swooped down upon them and stampeded every animal, ..."
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