Swarm is an English word with synonyms like crowd or teem. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Swarm in a sentence
Related words
Swarm meaning
- A large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony.
- A mass of people, animals or things in motion or turmoil.
- A group of nodes sharing the same torrent in a BitTorrent network.
Synonyms of Swarm
Using Swarm
- The main meaning on this page is: A large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony. | A mass of people, animals or things in motion or turmoil. | A group of nodes sharing the same torrent in a BitTorrent network.
- Useful related words include: crowd, teem, pullulate, stream.
- In the example corpus, swarm often appears in combinations such as: swarm of, the swarm, swarm the.
Context around Swarm
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 7 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Swarm
- In this selection, "swarm" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, dyson, massive, population, removal, may and regardless stand out and add context to how "swarm" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a massive swarm of cod and a population swarm of candidate. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "swarm" sits close to words such as andreas, audits and bcci, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with swarm
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A swarm of infected emerge and begin to attack. (9 words)
England swarm on defence and go searching for the ball. (10 words)
Ali asked her sister, gazing toward a swarm of TV journalists. (11 words)
There is evidence that since the same number of individuals with certain characteristics is enough to carry out the same function in the swarm regardless of the size of the swarm, Ant colony clustering by expert ants, Sadeghi, Z. Comput. (40 words)
The form of 'biosphere' which I envisaged consists of a loose collection or swarm of objects traveling on independent orbits around the star." citation Dyson swarm A Dyson ring — the simplest form of the Dyson swarm — to scale. (38 words)
In October, a team of MIT and Norwegian oceanographers reported observations of a massive swarm of cod overtaking an equally massive swarm of capelin, off the coast of Norway during the height of spawning season for capelin. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
The form of 'biosphere' which I envisaged consists of a loose collection or swarm of objects traveling on independent orbits around the star." citation Dyson swarm A Dyson ring — the simplest form of the Dyson swarm — to scale.
In October, a team of MIT and Norwegian oceanographers reported observations of a massive swarm of cod overtaking an equally massive swarm of capelin, off the coast of Norway during the height of spawning season for capelin.
Visit this resource provided by the California Master Beekeeper Program for questions to ask before you hire someone, as well as best management practices for swarm removal, and FAQs about swarm removal: cambp.
The advantage of a swarm of small robots — versus one large robot or a swarm with one lead robot — is the lack of a centralized control, which can quickly become a central point of failure.
A population (swarm) of candidate solutions (particles) moves in the search space, and the movement of the particles is influenced both by their own best known position and swarm's global best known position.
However, some models indicate that the L 4 swarm may be slightly more stable than the L 5 swarm.
There is evidence that since the same number of individuals with certain characteristics is enough to carry out the same function in the swarm regardless of the size of the swarm, Ant colony clustering by expert ants, Sadeghi, Z. Comput.
Acacia ants will swarm over branches and bite elephants or giraffes who try to eat the leaves of the whistling thorn (Acacia drepanolobium).
A commentary on celebrity worship, “Swarm” features Chloe Bailey in a recurring role and Damson Idris, Paris Jackson, Halsey and Billy Eilish are among guest stars.
Ali asked her sister, gazing toward a swarm of TV journalists.
And yet, even among an enthralling swarm of Spider-Folk, there's only one character that I couldn't stop thinking about: Spider-Punk, aka Hobie Brown, who is voiced by Oscar-winner Daniel Kaluuya.
A swarm of infected emerge and begin to attack.
A swarm of robotic rovers will need to lay the wiring.
Bolder, bigger, more boggling, this follow-on upped the game like a deranged hyper-swarm of Sharpie-wielding nerds.
Braverman has not used the word “swarm” on record, but it has been used by prominent politicians including former Prime Minister David Cameron and former UK Independence Party (Ukip) leader Nigel Farage.
Damson has appeared in small roles in series including Black Mirror and Swarm.
England swarm on defence and go searching for the ball.
Follow a swarm of bees as they leave a beekeeper’s apiary in search of a new home.
For the Brian Eno-produced anthem Viva La Vida, the band performs on the B stage amid a swarm of red, blue and white wrist-band lights, a nod to the French Revolution.
Gamers could cover their foes in a swarm of bugs, instantly set them ablaze, or even manipulate security turrets to fight for them.
Common combinations with swarm
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- swarm of 82×
- the swarm 22×
- swarm the 7×
- swarm to 6×
- to swarm 6×
- with swarm 6×
- swarm in 6×
- and swarm 5×
- by swarm 5×
- as swarm 5×