How to Use swerve in a Sentence

swerve

verb
  • He lost control of the car and swerved toward a tree.
  • But Land swerved hard to the right.
    — James Duesterberg, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The one who swerves first loses.
    — Boris Babic, Fortune, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Planes also aren’t made to swerve like a car.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The driver swerved to the right to get around the car.
    — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Royle made a sharp turn to the right to swerve away from the danger.
    — Cassidy Randall, Time, 27 Dec. 2020
  • There was honking and a car on her left swerved, but no crash came.
    — Nnedi Okorafor, WIRED, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The boyfriend was able to swerve out of the way and avoid being struck.
    — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025
  • The ball swerves on the worn wood floor and misses right by about a foot.
    — Ira Boudway, Bloomberg.com, 16 May 2017
  • Big rigs and cars swerving outta the way not to hit her.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The one who swerves first loses face but survives.
    — Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • The man fell off the car as Dudley swerved, court records say.
    — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland.com, 9 July 2017
  • The boyfriend was able to swerve out of the way prior to the crash and was not struck.
    — Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 28 Nov. 2025
  • That spare tire seemed to have failed, causing the truck to swerve in front of the van.
    — NBC News, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The officer turned on his lights, but the truck swerved around him.
    — Matt Tunseth, Anchorage Daily News, 27 May 2018
  • At midnight, the dark road swerved in the windshield on the way home.
    — Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
  • The market will swerve through inevitable highs and gut-check lows.
    — Nina Bambysheva, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
  • The truck swerved off the road and struck a rock, officials said.
    — Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The pickup had swerved from the street and hit a first-floor apartment.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Dec. 2025
  • The cyclists fell onto the road, and the car swerved and stopped briefly.
    — Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 June 2024
  • What’s to stop us from swerving into wildlife in the hopes of a free meal?
    — Beth Spotswood, SFChronicle.com, 20 Nov. 2019
  • If the stampede doesn’t swerve and doesn’t stop, there is always an out.
    — Robert Ruark, Field & Stream, 1 Dec. 2020
  • The cyclist swerved to avoid the door but still clipped it and was thrown to the street, sources said.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2026
  • When Eba shuffled back to the left, Giles swerved again.
    — Kelso Harper, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
  • But a few details were missing, which caused the truck to swerve and are seen in the video.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 16 May 2024
  • Maybe, if the crewman saw them or the children, the barge could still swerve or stop in time.
    — Cd Goette-Luciak, Miami Herald, 30 July 2025
  • It could have been saved but swerved past the goalkeeper and into the net.
    — Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2024
  • The driver even swerved to try to make the victim fly off, police said.
    — Jane Ford-Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 July 2018
  • As this was happening, cars swerved by, trying not to hit them.
    — Laura Kwerel, NPR, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Parks then drove off, swerving past Brayer's body in the street.
    — Bree Burkitt, azcentral, 10 July 2019

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