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Search phrase: swim

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CoriolanusCor I.i.178Upon your favours swims with fins of leadVpon your fauours, swimmes with finnes of Leade,
Henry IV Part 11H4 I.iii.192If he fall in, good night, or sink, or swim!If he fall in, good night, or sinke or swimme:
Henry IV Part 22H4 V.ii.34Which swims against your stream of quality.Which swimmes against your streame of Quality.
Henry VI Part 33H6 I.iv.20With bootless labour swim against the tideWith bootlesse labour swimme against the Tyde,
Henry VI Part 33H6 V.iv.29Say you can swim; alas, 'tis but a while!Say you can swim, alas 'tis but a while:
Henry VIIIH8 III.ii.359Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders,Like little wanton Boyes that swim on bladders:
Julius CaesarJC I.ii.104And swim to yonder point?’ Upon the word,And swim to yonder Point? Vpon the word,
Julius CaesarJC V.i.67Why now, blow wind, swell billow, and swim bark!Why now blow winde, swell Billow, / And swimme Barke:
King LearKL III.iv.107to swim in. Now a little fire in a wild field were like anto swimme in. Now a little fire in a wilde Field, were like an
King LearKL III.iv.123Poor Tom, that eats the swimming frog, the toad,Poore Tom, that eates the swimming Frog, the Toad,
MacbethMac I.ii.8As two spent swimmers, that do cling togetherAs two spent Swimmers, that doe cling together,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.i.130Which she with pretty and with swimming gaitWhich she with pretty and with swimming gate,
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND II.i.174Ere the leviathan can swim a league.Ere the Leuiathan can swim a league.
Much Ado About NothingMA V.ii.31swimmer, Troilus the first employer of panders, and aswimmer, Troilous the first imploier of pandars, and a
The TempestTem I.ii.191To swim, to dive into the fire, to rideTo swim, to diue into the fire: to ride
The TempestTem II.i.242.1And he that sleeps here swims.As he that sleepes heere, swims.
The TempestTem II.ii.125Swum ashore, man, like a duck. I can swimSwom ashore (man) like a Ducke: I can swim
The TempestTem II.ii.128Though thou canst swim like a duck, thou art made likeThough thou canst swim like a Ducke, thou art made like
Troilus and CressidaTC V.iv.20.1I would swim after.I would swim after.
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK I.ii.7As in incontinence; for not to swimAs in Incontinence; for not to swim
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK III.v.28Where be your ribands, maids? Swim with your bodies,Wher be your Ribands maids? swym with your Bodies
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK prologue.24Weak as we are, and almost breathless swimWeake as we are, and almost breathlesse swim

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.1098 Like an unpractised swimmer plunging still, Like an vnpractiz'd swimmer plunging still,

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swimfloat, sail
swimmove gracefully, glide, undulate

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
SWIMBASICswim v, swimming adj
SWIMPEOPLEswimmer n

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