How to Use swerve in a Sentence

swerve

verb
Definition of swervenext
Synonyms for swervenext
  • He lost control of the car and swerved toward a tree.
  • Royle made a sharp turn to the right to swerve away from the danger.
    — Cassidy Randall, Time, 27 Dec. 2020
  • The cyclists fell onto the road, and the car swerved and stopped briefly.
    — Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 June 2024
  • That spare tire seemed to have failed, causing the truck to swerve in front of the van.
    — NBC News, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Other drivers had to swerve out of the way to avoid a crash.
    — Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The bus lurched and swerved around crater-size potholes.
    — USA Today, 22 Aug. 2019
  • The truck — in which Davin was a passenger — swerved and hit the back of the semi.
    — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • The deputy ducked, swerved the squad to get out of the line of fire, and felt pain just below his shoulder.
    — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 26 May 2024
  • The truck driver swerved but struck the bus, Camlin said.
    — Eliott C. McLaughlin and Tina Burnside, CNN, 7 Jan. 2020
  • What’s to stop us from swerving into wildlife in the hopes of a free meal?
    — Beth Spotswood, SFChronicle.com, 20 Nov. 2019
  • The French rider waved his left arm in disdain and swerved back and forth across the road.
    — orlandosentinel.com, 26 July 2019
  • The video shows the tractor trailer swerve off the bridge and dive more than 50 feet to the water below.
    — NBC News, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Police believe the truck swerved into the path of the bus, causing a head-on crash.
    — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 2 Aug. 2023
  • If the stampede doesn’t swerve and doesn’t stop, there is always an out.
    — Robert Ruark, Field & Stream, 1 Dec. 2020
  • The truck driver swerved to avoid a crash and rolled into a ditch on the opposite side of the road.
    — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 25 July 2023
  • The sedan driver attempted to swerve back into the left lane but hit the man in the process, Montes said.
    — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 23 Sep. 2021
  • It could have been saved but swerved past the goalkeeper and into the net.
    — Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2024
  • The driver of a pickup truck tried to take the exit from the wrong lane, forcing the driver of the SUV to swerve to the right.
    — Andres Picon, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Mar. 2021
  • Will someone veer into your lane and force you to swerve?
    — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The white, driverless Jaguar swerved to avoid the bigger car crossing the line and striking it.
    — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • To avoid slamming into the bus, the driver swerved to the right, the sheriff's office said.
    — Will McDuffie, ABC News, 12 May 2023
  • The vehicle was swerving and had stopped at a green light.
    — Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 29 Feb. 2020
  • But the car did not appear to swerve in surveillance footage shown in court.
    — Elizabeth Thompson, Dallas News, 16 Sep. 2020
  • The Bradley jumped and swerved as Dillon chased something, somebody.
    — Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Suddenly, Elvis swerved that thing around and got back on the highway.
    — Pam Windsor, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Sometimes a fly would swerve in response to a black bar even when the bar didn't obscure their line of sight.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Drivers who swerve to miss a deer and hit something else may be charged for an at-fault crash.
    — Jared Goffinet, The Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Then, suddenly, the camera swerves to a dark room where the man this song is addressed to sits gagged and tied to a chair.
    — Roisin Kiberd, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2023
  • But the Pretty Woman fairy tale swerves tones and genres midway through after his parents dispatch local goons to rein in the situation.
    — Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024

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