How to Use swath in a Sentence

swath

noun

• He cut a swath through the field with his scythe.
• An aerial view of the countryside shows wide swathes of green.
• For the past 12 hours though, a huge swath of the planet was not so lucky.
  — Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 19 July 2024
• The bridge soars over the Route de Meyrin, which cuts through a swath of Swiss forest.
  — Karen Burshtein, TIME, 25 July 2024
• That leaves the Cowboys with a swath of options at No. 26.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2023
• What, then, is the deal in this swath of central and coastal Oregon?
  — Paul Schwartzman, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2022
• The change affects a wide swath of GPUs, some of which are quite recent.
  — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 28 July 2022
• One wall in the great-room defines both the kitchen and eating area with a swath of rich black paint.
  — Sarah Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 May 2021
• The total eclipse will last more than 4 minutes in some places along the 115-mile wide swath.
  — Maddie Burakoff, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2023
• Because the apartment also opens from the back to the pool, the odor is heavy across a large swath of the lounging area.
  — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 12 July 2025
• Gas is under $3 a gallon across a swath in the middle of the country.
  — David Koenig, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2023
• The past suggests that Mr. Macron may not feel the need to cater to the broader swath of those who voted for him.
  — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Apr. 2022
• All marveled at the size of the system, which appeared to stretch across a large swath of the horizon.
  — Dan Carson, Chron, 24 May 2022
• The triumph seems to be its appeal to a wide swath of customers throughout the day.
  — Rod Stafford Hagwood, sun-sentinel.com, 16 Apr. 2021
• Mahomes drops back, pump fakes and sprints forward past a pass rush to a swath of green grass.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Sep. 2022
• No matter what, swaths of the region will have to be rebuilt.
  — Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2025
• The big schools of walleye have been caught while trolling diving plugs from 28 to 42 feet of water, a very wide swath of the lakes.
  — cleveland, 14 Apr. 2022
• The two-day event features a lineup that cuts a wide swath across the country landscape.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024
• In other words, the rules could affect the production and sale of pork across a broad swath of the country.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2022
• Wide swaths of the population will get caught up in the dragnets.
  — Steven Greenhut, Orange County Register, 6 Dec. 2024
• The shutdowns come amid a wider swath of store closures by Walmart.
  — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2023
• It’s part of a swath of Southern states where vaccine uptake has been slow.
  — Stephen Grove, chicagotribune.com, 22 May 2021
• One child was killed over the weekend in Texas as flooding impacted large swaths of the state.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 5 May 2024
• That could then lead a wide swath of businesses to lay off workers.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
• Nowadays, a swath is cut right up the mountain as each lift is plumbed with snow-making gear.
  — Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2023
• Right above, there’s a large swath of landscaped outdoor space just off the suite’s sitting area.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 9 Feb. 2024
• The street scene was washed in a woozy blue light; a curved expanse of brick that might have been a bridge obscured what might have been a swath of sky.
  — Madelyne Xiao, The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2021
• The wave of selling Thursday affected a wide swath of stocks.
  — Alex Veiga, ajc, 26 Aug. 2021
• Such a seismic shift would overwhelm large swaths of the existing grid without massive upgrades.
  — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025
• Some areas west of the highway are still under evacuation orders, as is a swath of land along the fire’s southern edge into Garfield County.
  — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2025