How to Use swimmable in a Sentence
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The Sandy is one of the Portland area’s most swimmable rivers if the weather is right.
—oregonlive, 28 May 2023
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In Berlin, activists have called for parts of the Spree river to be made swimmable.
—Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2021
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Not so at One&Only Palmilla, which has its own swimmable beach.
—Mark Rogers, USA TODAY, 8 May 2018
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In 1972, the Clean Water Act passed, with the goal of making all rivers in the country swimmable and fishable again.
—National Geographic, 22 Apr. 2016
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In 1972, the Clean Water Act passed, with the goal of making all rivers in the country swimmable and fishable again.
—Brian Clark Howard, National Geographic, 22 Apr. 2019
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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
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Beaver Falls is a series of swimmable pools fed by small cascades.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2023
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Most of the hundreds of hotels in Cabo don’t have swimmable beaches—but El Ganzo does!
—Kurt Soller, Bon Appetit, 1 June 2017
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Most of the hundreds of hotels in Cabo don’t have swimmable beaches—but El Ganzo does!
—Kurt Soller, Bon Appetit, 1 June 2017
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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
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There are two private, swimmable beaches and a picturesque, two-acre cove.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2024
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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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The filmmakers, however, did not fill the lake: The body of water was swimmable in the 1980s but dried up more than two decades later.
—Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 29 July 2022
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Like all of the resort's 141 rooms, our suite offered an unobstructed view of the Sea of Cortés, which has calm, swimmable waters.
—David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2021
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Like most beaches in Cabo, the ocean here isn’t swimmable but is the perfect backdrop for those who like the waves within sight and hearing distance.
—Johanna Read, Forbes, 29 Aug. 2021
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And yes, a huge swimmable infinity pond in your backyard.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2022
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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
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Chileno Bay is a swanky, secluded resort with one of the only truly swimmable beaches in the Los Cabos area.
—April Long, Town & Country, 7 Mar. 2023
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There are two beaches, although one (Turtle Cove) is often not swimmable.
—Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2024
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Maui has dozens of jaw-dropping waterfalls, lush forests full of challenging hiking trails, and the most miles of swimmable beaches in Hawaii.
—Rachel Ng, Outside Online, 20 Oct. 2022
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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
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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
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The towering White Mountains, visible in the distance from the beach, were still capped with snow, but the shimmering Mediterranean was swimmable.
—Luke Pyenson, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2019
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And this time, attendees will enjoy a major new addition to the party — a picturesque, and swimmable, lake.
—Graham Berry, Billboard, 16 Mar. 2022
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Heat from the volcano makes some spots swimmable, and many passengers on Antarctic cruises bring back pictures of themselves in the waters of the island caldera.
—James Gorman, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2017
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The property is set on one of Cabo’s only swimmable beaches; the riptides and undertow elsewhere are no bueno.
—David Hochman, Los Angeles Magazine, 21 Dec. 2017
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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
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The only swimmable beach in Highland Park, Rosewood Beach is a community gem.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2024
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One of the few swimmable beaches on the island is Maracas Beach, where everyone tends to congregate to lime (a hangout session that could last a few hours or the whole day).
—Rondel Holder, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2021
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But Maryland still has a long way to go to achieve pollution reduction targets and make its rivers and streams fishable, swimmable, and accessible.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 15 July 2024
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