How to Use swamp in a Sentence

swamp

1 of 2 noun

• Alligators live in the lowland swamps.
• Van Hove, though, hasn’t quite got the grit to stay down there in the swamp.
  — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2022
• While here, be sure to take a boat tour through the swamps of the bayou.
  — Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2023
• And the woods can be pocked with streams, ponds and swamps that freeze quickly.
  — Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
• Answers to these questions had been lost, like the fortress, in the swamp.
  — Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 21 July 2023
• The fourth day started out with more grass, more swamp.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2022
• In the final journey through a swamp, a guide gets lost.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2023
• View of the cypress swamp at Lost Lake, part of the Gray Ranch property.
  — Wired, 29 July 2022
• The Epstein narrative is now obscured by the weeds of the fever swamp.
  — Meredith Blakestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022
• Luella's infant is the first swamp monkey born at the zoo since 2009.
  — Wendy Geller, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2023
• There was no need for the snakes to bask in the sun to get warm when the ambient temperature of the swamp was in the 80s.
  — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2022
• Lots of poplar, lots of aspen, lots of black spruce, but there’s also a lot of bog in there, a lot of swamp.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
• The Healthy Kids Running Series had to postpone runs as its track has been a swamp.
  — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 6 May 2022
• Last month, Airbnb opened the doors to Shrek's Swamp for an exclusive two-night swamp stay for up to three guests from Oct. 27-29.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
• Many people suffered from those who were here in this swamp.
  — Alissa J. Rubin Emily Rhyne, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2022
• Just make sure to pair these bad boys with your favorite no-show socks to prevent swamp feet!
  — Christian Gollayan, menshealth.com, 4 Apr. 2023
• This process included using boats and nets to travel through the swamps and collect the berries from the bog.
  — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2023
• By that point in the morning, however, the pilot had already spent six hours alone in the swamp.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 1 Nov. 2023
• Heavy rains turned the desert site into a swamp, stranding thousands.
  — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2023
• Their sound is a mix of New Orleans jazz, Zydeco, blues rock and swamp pop.
  — Naomi Stock, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Mar. 2022
• That could swamp clinics, forcing people to wait longer to get care.
  — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 17 Mar. 2023
• Donald Trump, obviously, didn't build the wall, didn't drain the swamp, and didn't reduce the debt.
  — ABC News, 14 Jan. 2024
• And there’s a lot of money in the swamp perpetuating them.
  — Dallas News, 4 Jan. 2023
• Evidence suggests that a dam may be buried at the edge of the swamp, shocking the fellowship.
  — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2023
• Throughout the day, Biel and Timberlake swamp in the ocean, sunbathed by the beach, and enjoyed fresh cocktails.
  — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Sep. 2022
• The Shrimp Sandwich & Chips Combo comes with six pieces of fried shrimp on a warm bun with lettuce, tomato and swamp sauce.
  — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024
• Twitter is a swamp of angry nonsense, more so since Elon Musk took over.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2023
• His body was found 14 days later less than a half-mile from the facility, lying in a swamp next to a pond.
  — Steven Rich, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
• Walsh launched his fetid career in the same manner as many of the worst of the right-wing swamp: conservative talk radio.
  — Indigo Olivier, The New Republic, 27 Dec. 2022
• Claims of a wild swamp-dwelling reptile living a mile from the 110 seemed fantastical.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2022

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swamp

2 of 2 verb

• The sea level rose and swamped the coastal villages.
• The boat sank after it was swamped by waves.
• Bear tracks led into the pool pump room, swamped in a foot of mud.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
• Northern summer light swamped the flat in the evenings.
  — Karan Mahajan, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
• But Hogan said the project would swamp Rutledge with traffic.
  — J. Scott Trubey, ajc, 11 Dec. 2021
• Nicholas threatened to swamp much of the Deep South in flooding on Tuesday.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2021
• This is the story line that threatens to swamp all others.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 July 2021
• The rapid spread of a bar outbreak can swamp public health workers.
  — CBS News, 2 July 2020
• He's got millions of dollars coming in to swamp the airwaves in Ohio and to lie to the people of Ohio.
  — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 14 Sep. 2022
• Alas, these local heat sources swamp the pitiful flames of primeval stars.
  — Quanta Magazine, 3 Dec. 2021
• Widespread record heat also swamped Paraguay and Brazil.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
• But clerks are swamped, with little time to read through a case file that is often thousands of pages.
  — Mary Jordan, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2023
• That means swamping the left with mail in votes, early votes, and election day votes, have to do it.
  — Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 4 Mar. 2023
• That means swamping the left with mail-in votes, early votes and Election Day votes.
  — Josh Dawsey, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Apr. 2023
• At what felt like its peak intensity, the winds screeched and howled like jets, and water swamped some homes.
  — Grace Garces Bordallo and Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Anchorage Daily News, 25 May 2023
• By then, water had already begun to swamp a train on Line 5, which loops around the city center.
  — New York Times, 25 Sep. 2021
• The problem, says Haya, is that the tax bill on the fictitious sale would often swamp the income pulled in from writing the call.
  — William Baldwin, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
• Parts of Pennsylvania were swamped by up to 8 inches of rain.
  — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 10 July 2023
• Its wake, even hundreds of yards from the source, will easily swamp smaller boats or flush the decks of pontoon boats.
  — Star Tribune, 22 July 2021
• The donations pouring in would swamp Mack Brown’s old revenue streams.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 17 Oct. 2020
• The pilot explained that the San Lucas could not slow down too much because the sea would dump water over the deck and swamp the vessel.
  — Donna Sarkar, Discover Magazine, 14 Sep. 2021
• Flash flooding in the area swamped cars, homes, and some businesses, as raging waters coursed through streets and yards.
  — Sarah Raza, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023
• Elsewhere in the Ecosystem Climate change could swamp this island.
  — Molly Taft, The New Republic, 7 July 2023
• He could be swamped by his feelings, like a kid wearing a shirt several sizes too big.
  — Jamie Fisher, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2023
• For others, the gravest danger may not come from the earthquake itself, but the massive tsunami that will swamp the coast in its wake.
  — oregonlive, 21 Oct. 2021
• Bernal splashes the water to create waves, which threaten to swamp the paper boats.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Forbes, 6 June 2021
• The island sits out in New York Harbor, where it can be conveniently whipped by winds and swamped by floods.
  — Developing Governors Island, Curbed, 11 May 2023
• Most of those victims were in New York City, where hospitals are getting swamped.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 26 Mar. 2020
• The dam broke, water came flooding in, and all the departments were swamped, doing overtime.
  — Chris Lee, Vulture, 23 June 2023
• Patients with heat stroke and burns from the asphalt are swamping hospitals.
  — Jack Healy, New York Times, 31 July 2023

Last Updated: 6 May 2024