On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Swerved. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Swerved meaning
simple past and past participle of swerve
Using Swerved
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of swerve
- In the example corpus, swerved often appears in combinations such as: swerved to, swerved into, swerved off.
Context around Swerved
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 9 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Swerved
- In this selection, "swerved" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, car, calandro, bartolic, off, toward and too stand out and add context to how "swerved" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 23 but swerved too far and b double swerved but impacted. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "swerved" sits close to words such as abnormally, acrobatic and adm, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with swerved
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
After that, it swerved into the shoulder. (7 words)
He tried to "win her over" but eventually swerved the car. (11 words)
The driver swerved around Allan and reported the incident to Tamworth police. (12 words)
A Margate man was driving drunk when he swerved into the shoulder of Florida’s Turnpike in Plantation over a year ago, killing a tow truck driver while he was helping another driver, officials say. (35 words)
Another witness says that after the Toyota Noah swerved to the far right, the truck was trying to stop, but due to the load and road condition, the truck could not stop,” Johnson argued. (34 words)
An ‘overtired’ Derbyshire man who swerved into an oncoming taxi and injured the occupants after being up all night with his son in hospital had also taken cocaine, a court has heard. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Calandro swerved toward the dog to "spook him," the friend told a Victorian Supreme Court jury on May 23, but swerved too far, running over the dog instead.
Police say the SUV driver then spotted Bartolic, swerved back to the right but over-corrected then swerved left again, hitting the motorcycle.
After that, it swerved into the shoulder.
A Margate man was driving drunk when he swerved into the shoulder of Florida’s Turnpike in Plantation over a year ago, killing a tow truck driver while he was helping another driver, officials say.
Another witness says that after the Toyota Noah swerved to the far right, the truck was trying to stop, but due to the load and road condition, the truck could not stop,” Johnson argued.
Both vehicles ran off the road and the trailer truck overturned as the driver reportedly swerved the vehicle to avoid the collision.
He said, “The SUV had a tyre burst, lost control and swerved towards the tanker which led to the incident.
He swerved off into the ditch and someone T-boned him in the ditch.
He swerved the car hard — leaving several of the kids with red marks on their skin from their seatbelts, Macie said — to scare them all.
He swerved to avoid being hit by one as he walked around the pitch, smiling back at the home support.
He tried to "win her over" but eventually swerved the car.
It would have been followed by a loud bang as the limousine swerved violently before slamming into the pillar.
She described continuing up the A46 after the silver car swerved off the road and then heading back to Leicester and seeing the flaming car on the central reservation.
The 32-year-old driver of the B double swerved but impacted with the tray of the ute and destroyed the caravan.
The driver swerved around Allan and reported the incident to Tamworth police.
TMZ claims that Pullos was driving on the 134 freeway when she swerved, jumped over a median barrier and started driving the wrong way toward oncoming traffic.
When asked to respond to concerns about his age by the swerved and tried to rattle off a list of his achievements.
Witnesses said the car swerved on to the wrong side of the road before hitting Mr Eddleston shortly after midnight on March 18, 2022.
A car which swerved onto the wrong side of the road and mounted a curb has hit a bus stop pedestrian, "throwing her into the air".
An ‘overtired’ Derbyshire man who swerved into an oncoming taxi and injured the occupants after being up all night with his son in hospital had also taken cocaine, a court has heard.
Common combinations with swerved
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- swerved to 21×
- swerved into 12×
- swerved off 8×
- and swerved 7×
- it swerved 6×
- he swerved 6×
- driver swerved 6×
- swerved and 6×
- vehicle swerved 6×
- swerved the 5×