Explore Swarms through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Swarms meaning
plural of swarm
Using Swarms
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of swarm
- In the example corpus, swarms often appears in combinations such as: swarms of, the swarms, swarms and.
Context around Swarms
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 7 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Swarms
- In this selection, "swarms" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, earthquake, capture, homeless, occur, main and etc stand out and add context to how "swarms" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and corralling swarms of them and are some swarms smarter than. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "swarms" sits close to words such as albemarle, ald and allister, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with swarms
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Are some swarms smarter than others? (6 words)
Argentina and surrounding countries are no strangers to swarms of locusts. (11 words)
The mob swarms her on a train car, believing her to be trapped. (13 words)
The duo expertly capture swarms of honeybees (homeless swarms occur naturally when a group of worker bees and their queen leave a hive to build a new one) and introduce them to new hives they’ve positioned in gardens and on unused roofs and balconies. (45 words)
Poor drainage has left huge puddles and swarms of bugs, while many have fumed at unhygienic conditions at the camping sites - and there was mould found in eggs provided to attendees, according to local media. (35 words)
Facilitated by the home-river advantage, Crimson spirit permeated the atmosphere, and swarms of Harvard students and alumni were clearly visible along all six bridges and concentrated around the various boathouses. (31 words)
Are some swarms smarter than others? (6 words)
Security swarms and breaks them up but Reed fights them off and gets back into the ring to fight with Rollins more! (22 words)
Example sentences (20)
The duo expertly capture swarms of honeybees (homeless swarms occur naturally when a group of worker bees and their queen leave a hive to build a new one) and introduce them to new hives they’ve positioned in gardens and on unused roofs and balconies.
Earthquake swarms main Earthquake swarms are sequences of earthquakes striking in a specific area within a short period of time.
As the swarms were spotted around the UK, people took to social media to report sightings, claiming it was "flying ant day".
Experts say swarms of 5,000 bugs are leaving to form new colonies due to overcrowding, hot conditions in hives and ageing Queen bees.
Fascinated by bees for many years, the Hempfield man has been keeping the winged insects and corralling swarms of them for others for two decades.
Harley, on the other hand, managed to defeat her many nightmares rather easily, tearing through swarms of Jokers and other demented monsters.
Locusts are infamous for travelling in swarms and destroying crops as they consume the equivalent of their own body weight each day.
Poor drainage has left huge puddles and swarms of bugs, while many have fumed at unhygienic conditions at the camping sites - and there was mould found in eggs provided to attendees, according to local media.
The onsets of previous summit eruptions have been marked by strong swarms of earthquakes caused by the emplacement of a dike 1 to 2 hours before eruptions.
They will either be axed by successive governments, cancelled by future financial crises, or made redundant by some unforeseen anti-submarine countermeasure such as underwater drone swarms etc.
Are some swarms smarter than others?
But locals fear the giant facility will belch out foul odours including ammonia fumes, attract swarms of flies and result in thousands of lorries driving past homes.
Facilitated by the home-river advantage, Crimson spirit permeated the atmosphere, and swarms of Harvard students and alumni were clearly visible along all six bridges and concentrated around the various boathouses.
Machines, ravenous swarms, and fanatical death cults are just a few of the dangers players face.
Not so much because of the swarms of influencers taking selfies, or the New Age charlatans hawking their wares – but because it has just become so incredibly political.
Scots households face unprecedented swarms of flies gathering around unemptied bins if the planned waste workers’ strike goes ahead, pest control experts say.
Security swarms and breaks them up but Reed fights them off and gets back into the ring to fight with Rollins more!
The mob swarms her on a train car, believing her to be trapped.
The submarine will be far more useful as will unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) swarms.
Argentina and surrounding countries are no strangers to swarms of locusts.
Common combinations with swarms
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- swarms of 38×
- the swarms 9×
- swarms and 6×
- and swarms 5×
- swarms are 4×
- earthquake swarms 3×
- in swarms 2×
- drone swarms 2×
- some swarms 2×
- to swarms 2×