Explore Swerves through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Swerves meaning
third-person singular simple present indicative of swerve
Using Swerves
- The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of swerve
- In the example corpus, swerves often appears in combinations such as: swerves to, it swerves, driver swerves.
Context around Swerves
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 6 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Swerves
- In this selection, "swerves" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, driver, battle, peter, players, physical and onto stand out and add context to how "swerves" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a malfunction swerves the ship and a second swerves into the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "swerves" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with swerves
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Shocking moment Uber driver swerves to avoid a drunk teen. (10 words)
The bike swerves but still hits the pram with considerable force. (11 words)
Billy then screams as his mother swerves to avoid hitting a car on the road. (15 words)
First, Peter swerves to avoid a dead deer, and then we see a glimpse of that very same pole we saw on the way to the party and Charlie’s shocked and horrified face, before getting decapitated by that very pole. (41 words)
If allowed to prevail, Sulom’s stance swerves us towards the precipice of leadership anarchy which the framers of the Statutes abhorred and intended to avoid through the noble tool of inclusive and participatory elections. (35 words)
Aside from missing the characters that have taken a bow in the series finale, many anime fans are sure to miss the swerves and unexpected moments that populated the series from creator Hajime Isayama. (34 words)
Example sentences (19)
Aside from missing the characters that have taken a bow in the series finale, many anime fans are sure to miss the swerves and unexpected moments that populated the series from creator Hajime Isayama.
False Dragon Titan boss battle swerves players by bringing in the massive Dondozo for the first stage of the battle, only to reveal that the real Dragon Titan is the tiny Tatsugiri.
First, Peter swerves to avoid a dead deer, and then we see a glimpse of that very same pole we saw on the way to the party and Charlie’s shocked and horrified face, before getting decapitated by that very pole.
Billy then screams as his mother swerves to avoid hitting a car on the road.
After another good run from Grealiush, Kane cuts inside two defenders and rifles a long-range shot that swerves well wide.
In the opening episode, a malfunction swerves the ship off course, turning an eight-week voyage into one which will last more than three years.
Mixing a witch’s brew of psychological swerves, physical fears and classic continuity, Immortal Hulk both pays homage to the creators and stories of the past while boldly smashing into the future.
One lazy Sunday afternoon, the famous escape artist Harry Houdini swerves his car into a telephone pole outside their house.
A group of vigilantes, led by ’s mysterious billionaire “One”, are bundled into a lime green sportscar as it swerves out of the path of babies and puppies.
And it signaled that, after two years in Trump's Washington, Republicans on Capitol Hill are figuring out how to handle the president and his impulsive swerves on policy.
If allowed to prevail, Sulom’s stance swerves us towards the precipice of leadership anarchy which the framers of the Statutes abhorred and intended to avoid through the noble tool of inclusive and participatory elections.
It swerves onto the road and sprints to pursue the vehicle, making a loud trumpet as it storms behind them.
Shocking moment Uber driver swerves to avoid a drunk teen.
So when another driver swerves into your lane while talking on their mobile phone, respond as though you’re not in a car.
The bike swerves but still hits the pram with considerable force.
The driver undertakes one vehicle, slams on his brakes to avoid crashing in to the back of a second, swerves into the next lane, and then undertakes a third car.
For cyclists, that means seeing a driver's point of view when a rider runs a red light, rides the wrong way down a one-way street or swerves in front of a car.
There are a lot more swerves in adorkable rapper Dave Brown’s “Reading My Own Fanfiction,” which continually and hilariously veers in awkward, unwieldy directions.
Unfortunately, we’re coming off of a few major setbacks and swerves by other countries.
Common combinations with swerves
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- swerves to 3×
- it swerves 2×
- driver swerves 2×
- swerves into 2×
- swerves in 2×