How to Use swimmingly in a Sentence

swimmingly

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• We expect everything to go swimmingly.
• So this launch, the first of the year for ULA, seemed to go swimmingly.
  — Amy Thompson, Scientific American, 10 Feb. 2020
• The White House, of course, knows things aren't going swimmingly.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 19 Jan. 2022
• Prewett got along swimmingly with Weber’s mom, Barbara — and even caught the bouquet at the end of the day.
  — Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 10 Jan. 2020
• The Mahomes scramble Things were going so swimmingly for the Lions at the start of the year.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 7 Nov. 2019
• Draw in the ladders where things went swimmingly and your project shot forward.
  — Janine MacLachlan, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
• SB 1 passed swimmingly through both the Senate and House against the express wishes of the people.
  — NOLA.com, 2 June 2017
• A week later, things are going swimmingly for the new gal pals.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 1 Feb. 2017
• For the first five innings, things were going swimmingly for the Toronto Blue Jays in the opener of their two-game series in the Bronx.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 11 May 2022
• His first trip through the lineup went swimmingly, with five strikeouts, no walks and one hit on 41 pitches.
  — Randy Johnson, Star Tribune, 6 July 2021
• The lunch went swimmingly nonetheless, in large part because Nivola had the Italian bona fides Chase prizes.
  — Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2021
• Things seemed to be going swimmingly as Rachel and Zach headed to the Fantasy Suite for their overnight date, but the next morning was not so cool.
  — oregonlive, 13 Sep. 2022
• So far, the courtship has worked swimmingly, as Italian and French business leaders have barely been able to sign the contracts fast enough.
  — Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2016
• This is heading to 150%, which might be a high estimate or perhaps a low one if things don’t go swimmingly.
  — Clem Chambers, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2021
• Playing all three damage stars worked swimmingly for the Fuel against the Outlaws.
  — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 23 July 2020
• Luckily, there are plenty o’ fish, and brave souls Megan and Brian are sure to find their way swimmingly.
  — David Perloff, Pacific San Diego Magazine, 28 Sep. 2017
• Few drugs make it through the FDA process, and even if everything goes swimmingly, psilocybin will not be on the market for four or five years.
  — The Economist, 7 June 2019
• But things haven’t gone swimmingly for either team of late, and that has led to grumbling about Reinsdorf’s stewardship from fans of both teams.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2023
• Things haven't worked out as swimmingly as perhaps first thought, though, with the defender now set for an early return to West Ham.
  — SI.com, 26 Mar. 2018
• The walkthrough was going swimmingly until the couple reached the basement.
  — Boston.com Real Estate, 28 Aug. 2019
• So far in my attempt to become friends with Taylor Swift, things are going swimmingly.
  — Sally Kohn, Marie Claire, 22 Sep. 2015
• Later in the episode, Rachel introduces her family to Tino and things go swimmingly.
  — Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 13 Sep. 2022
• On the runway, the theme is Sea Sickening, and everyone does swimmingly.
  — Shaad D'souza, Vulture, 8 May 2021
• Things go, well, swimmingly until — in an homage to Caddyshack — a turd is seen floating in the water, causing chaos in the pool and making the judges’ table vomit.
  — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2021
• Steven Spielberg's Jaws was an instant classic, but the sequel went over less swimmingly.
  — Jacob Linden, Redbook, 28 July 2023
• Far From Home, and it’s not as though everything was going swimmingly back then, either.
  — Abraham Riesman, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2021
• All is going swimmingly, and then, the couple finds a mysterious box of money in the attic.
  — Kaitlin Reilly, refinery29.com, 14 Apr. 2020
• Preseason, as far as the club’s fitness coach could see, was going swimmingly.
  — New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022
• For these two beavers, things didn’t exactly go swimmingly.
  — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Nov. 2022
• Schröder can take some comfort, however, in that his Plan B has started off quite swimmingly.
  — Hunter Felt, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024