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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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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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Arenado passed out ballcaps, T-shirts and other Rockies swag.
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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
Examples of swag in a Sentence
The robbers divided the swag.
robbed a bank and hid the swag under the floorboards
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And no reason for me to not to detail the best part of her job: The solar eclipse swag!
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Press tour swag usually includes flash drives or books or the occasional vibrating pillow, but Flint resident and activist Melissa Mays (played by Marin Ireland in Flint) brought something special.
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And what says love more than unlimited access to Honest Baby swag?
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During the event — where Wilson took home the orange blimp for the king of swag award — the 2014 Super Bowl champion took the time to speak and take photos with individual children.
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Each year, the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation, the organizers of the Expo, auctions drawings, autographed scripts and limited-edition swag to benefit a worthy cause.
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Nike unveiled their new NYC Headquarters earlier this week, and well, the new space is nothing short of entirely swag.
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Yes, there are bees on the roof, and the beekeeper sells his swag here, too.
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Many companies headquartered in Seattle, including Amazon, Starbucks, Microsoft and Alaska Airlines, had crews of employees marching and handing our company swag.
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First Known Use of swag
1660
SWAG Defined for English Language Learners
swag
noun
Definition of swag for English Language Learners
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: stolen property
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