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Examples of swag in a Sentence
the days of endless worrying had taken their toll, and the old woman's face swagged with exhaustion
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Along with food and vendor mainstays, there will be pride swag available for purchase, including hoodies, hats, raffle tickets and more.
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Celebrate local small businesses and pick up some new reads, be they old classics or fresh off the press, and swag such as posters and more.
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Where: Tough Luck Bar | 1771 NE Dekum St. Portland, OR The Goods: There will be food and drink specials, a Terry Porter NBA Jam machine (with proceeds going to Doernbecher), Blazers swag, prizes and more.
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For Isabell Hutchins the gifts were even more personal — 1996 Olympics swag featuring the event’s mascot, Izzy.
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The classically prepared omelet is appropriate at any hour and can be swagged up with an optional hit of caviar.
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Sure, some students will swag out their rooms with energy-guzzling TVs, game consoles, microwaves, or mini-fridges.
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At the first New York edition of Internapalooza, engineers from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Quicken Loans Inc. greeted hundreds of computer science students with smiles and swag as their firms worked to recruit young talent.
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That Miami swag, that arrogance, so to speak, seems to get resurrected when a group of former Canes get together.
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Origin and Etymology of swag
perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian svagga to sway, rock; akin to Middle Low German swacken to rock
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First Known Use: 1530
in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
See Words from the same yearDefinition of swag
1
: sway 1
2 a
: something (such as a decoration) hanging in a curve between two points : festoon
b
: a suspended cluster (as of evergreen branches)
3 a
: goods acquired by unlawful means : loot
c
: promotional goods or items
- … Ravens gear was selling better than O's swag. I bought one of the cartoon-bird caps …
- —David Simon
d
: goods given to people who attend or participate in an event
- Her handbags … one year were a part of the swag celebrities brought home from the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
- —Karen Martin
4
: a depression in the earth
5
chiefly Australia
: a pack of personal belongings
Examples of swag in a Sentence
The robbers divided the swag.
robbed a bank and hid the swag under the floorboards
Recent Examples of swag from the Web
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Rewards for the lower levels of donations ($5-$55) range from a thank-you on social media to the usual swag: t-shirts, corkscrews, stickers.
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Her advice to other grads looking to copy her swag and rock a jump rope in lieu of cords?
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Hampton developed formal window treatments — elaborately layered swags and jabots — for the homes of Estée Lauder and others, while Donghia brought in enormous palms and poufs upholstered in men’s flannel suiting fabrics.
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Cardi, in all of her flaws and unapologetic swag, is a liberation.
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This nationwide celebration of independent brick-and-mortar bookstores features limited edition swag and, of course, lots of books.
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With a 90 percent chance of swag for folks in the audience.
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My guests were genuinely fascinated at how everything came together so well — from the MARIAH swag bags to the Mariah playlist curated by my friend Gillian Sandman.
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No, seriously: There was actual hot sauce in the swag bags handed out to VIPs at last Saturday’s kickoff event for the Iconoclast Dinner Experience in Chicago, the IDE All-Star Bash.
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First Known Use of swag
1660
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