swooped in English

verb
1
(especially of a bird) move rapidly downward through the air.
the barn owl can swoop down on a mouse in total darkness
2
seize with a sweeping motion.
she swooped up the hen in her arms

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1. 26 The hawk swooped low over the field.

2. Gulls swooped and planed overhead.

3. The hawk swooped and soared away carrying something.

4. A hawk swooped low over the field.

5. The raptor swooped down on its prey.

6. The robber swooped up the banknotes.

7. An eagle swooped low over the trees.

8. The hawk swooped low over the field.

9. The eagle swooped down to snatch a young rabbit.

10. Swallows swooped through the fragrant evening air.

11. His plane swooped a beautiful curve up and down.

12. Schmeichel swooped to save the first kick from Borisov.

13. US Military swooped in and killed T.J. and his accomplices.

14. The terror ended when armed police swooped on the car.

15. Great epidemics have swooped down upon man with fearsome speed . . .

16. 26 Public health inspectors swooped after a horrified customer spotted a cockroach scuttling through the restaurant.

17. 26 The drugs squad swooped and discovered 240 kilograms of cannabis.

18. These swooped down upon the fleeing Midianites, cutting off their escape routes.

19. It hovered Clumsily a moment, and then swooped in at the window

20. A great shadow swooped in, the Stork bucked wildly and Farber cried out in alarm.

21. Down swooped the privet bird, landing gracefully on the water with hardly a splash.

22. Seconds later, a kamikaze swooped out of the clouds and plunged toward Ticonderoga.

23. Public health inspectors swooped after a horrified customer spotted a cockroach scuttling through the restaurant.

24. Wagtails swooped across my path, and from the mouth of the Eske, curlews called shrilly to one another like owls.

25. Customs and Excise men investigating the import of obscene material swooped on the home of bearded Paul Bradburn.

26. So the cartel swooped in to knock off the cash... only to realize later they're left holding the wrong bag.

27. Seagulls swooped and planed overhead laying raucous claim to some scrap of food in the possession of one of them.

28. In that year Roman armies, holding high their standards emblazoned with the image of the eagle, swooped down upon Jerusalem to inflict a terrible slaughter.

29. Comet NEOWISE is currently on the outbound leg of its trip through the solar system, having swooped around the sun on July 3

30. Clutch definition, to seize with or as with the hands or claws; snatch: The bird swooped down and Clutched its prey with its claws

31. Clutch definition, to seize with or as with the hands or claws; snatch: The bird swooped down and Clutched its prey with its claws

32. Debutantes help Moors salvage draw at Hereford Former Blyth boss Alun Armstrong has swooped for three of them, while Nathan Buddle has joined Spennymor Town.

33. 5 The seabirds mewled and swooped, unnerved, it seemed, by the spectacle of that vast bowl of water bulging like a blister, lead-blue and malignantly agleam .

34. “When Singapore police swooped on five homes one night last February in a military-style blitz, 69 men, women and teenagers were arrested and hauled off to police headquarters.

35. Benny Goodman, the clarinet player who looked like a banker but whose sound swooped and soared like a bird, led a band that sparked a worldwide craze in the 30s.

36. The Hawks have swooped on another three eThekwini Municipality ANC ward Councillors who have been arrested for a slew of corruption charges in connection with the alleged R400 million Durban Solid

37. TWO prison escapees and their alleged female accomplice were shot dead by officers, who, acting on a tip, swooped down on a shack surrounded by bushes in the desolate Backlands of Better Hope, on the East Coast of Demerara