How to Use swimmable in a Sentence

swimmable

adjective
  • Most mermaid tails are swimmable, but some online are not safe to swim in.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 29 July 2024
  • The beach at Zadún isn’t swimmable—the drop-off is steep and currents are strong.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026
  • Beaver Falls is a series of swimmable pools fed by small cascades.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2023
  • For the most part, urban rivers are no longer cesspools, and beaches once fouled with sewage are swimmable.
    — Madeline Ostrander, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2017
  • There are two private, swimmable beaches and a picturesque, two-acre cove.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Which is, to be fair, what Paris has managed—some days when the river is swimmable.
    — Jessica Leigh Hester, The Atlantic, 31 July 2024
  • Not so at One&Only Palmilla, which has its own swimmable beach.
    — Mark Rogers, USA TODAY, 8 May 2018
  • Vilnius doesn’t need Olympic fanfare to make its waters swimmable.
    — Anna Heim, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
  • In Berlin, activists have called for parts of the Spree river to be made swimmable.
    — Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2021
  • The Sandy is one of the Portland area’s most swimmable rivers if the weather is right.
    — oregonlive, 28 May 2023
  • While the beach isn’t swimmable (most in Cabo aren’t), the resort does have direct beach access.
    — Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Not all are open for swimming, but among the swimmable ones are some real beauties — perfect for a day at the lake.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2021
  • Officials hope to open a public beach in the newly swimmable Seine.
    — Rick Noack, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
  • Mazatlán has several miles of contiguous, sandy beach with swimmable waters.
    — Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Nestled in the thick jungle, my suite loomed over the edge of a cliff, hovering above the region’s largest swimmable beach.
    — Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2026
  • There are two beaches, although one (Turtle Cove) is often not swimmable.
    — Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2024
  • Peppered by palm trees and along sandy, swimmable shores, there are few more tranquil resorts in all of Mexico.
    — Emma Reynolds, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
  • Pack a picnic, put on your hiking shoes, and prepare for a lovely outdoor outing at one of these nearby swimmable spots.
    — Grace Dickinson, Philly.com, 26 July 2017
  • Cabo is an oceanfront resort destination, it isn't known for its swimmable beaches, as the seas can get pretty rough.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Family-friendly resorts are often built around calm, swimmable beaches with gentle waves and soft sand.
    — Michelle Stansbury, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2025
  • The plot of real estate is simply unrivaled in terms of its privacy and swimmable ocean access.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Renderings of the area show five-story buildings, swimming pools, boats, water slides and a beach with a swimmable lagoon.
    — Dewayne Bevil, OrlandoSentinel.com, 10 Aug. 2017
  • Most of the hundreds of hotels in Cabo don’t have swimmable beaches—but El Ganzo does!
    — Kurt Soller, Bon Appetit, 1 June 2017
  • Other waters are much hotter, both swimmable hot springs and geysers that spurt out from beneath the Earth’s surface.
    — Johanna Read, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
  • And this time, attendees will enjoy a major new addition to the party — a picturesque, and swimmable, lake.
    — Graham Berry, Billboard, 16 Mar. 2022
  • The Hilton offers private access to one of the few swimmable beaches in Los Cabos.
    — Jasmine Purdie, Parents, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Yachts bob in the marina, palm trees line the walkways, and one of the largest and most reliably swimmable beaches stretches to the horizon.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
  • This was a tradeoff for convenience, since the more scenic, swimmable beaches are on the island's secluded southern side.
    — María Cristina Lalonde, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2025
  • The lake is clean, clear, and swimmable all year round, though the water temperature outside of the height of summer requires a bit of bravery.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2024
  • What to Consider The beach here is not swimmable, which is common for Los Cabos.
    — Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2024

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