How to Use swing at (someone or something) in a Sentence

swing at (someone or something)

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• Once the man is on the ground, the cop appears to swing at him three more times.
  — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2023
• Palehound is ready to swing at anything life throws their way.
  — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2023
• Is that good enough for the Cubs to take a swing at landing him?
  — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 July 2025
• At one point, the man appears to swing at one of the officers.
  — Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 11 July 2024
• In a rare turn of events, Wood decided to swing at the first pitch.
  — Spencer Nusbaum, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
• If there’s any attempt to swing at the ball, and then the umpire is going to ring you up.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 17 June 2023
• Moody reckoned that pretty much everyone in the class would want to take a big swing at it.
  — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 25 July 2025
• Beats has done a much better job with its second swing at the Studio Buds.
  — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 1 June 2024
• The toolkit is not Campbell’s only recent swing at cell phone use in schools.
  — Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
• Outraged, the victim took a swing at the other straphanger, sparking a brawl.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 2 Aug. 2025
• Then, with the next two picks, take a swing at an edge rusher, a center or a cornerback, and fill the rest in from there.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2024
• And that is a product of his having yet to swing at any of the 17 pitches has seen outside the strike zone.
  — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2025
• In the fourth inning, Nasir El-Ossais was up at bat and took a huge swing at a pitch.
  — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 26 Aug. 2023
• Not only is that the weakest spot on the roster, but also this is a great draft class to swing at the position.
  — Derrik Klassen, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
• Expect the Reds to take a swing at the preemption argument first.
  — Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
• One of the men takes a swing at Hector, trips, and falls right into the pathway of an oncoming train.
  — Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
• The top 25 wouldn’t be just without putting such a weird, wild swing at a Halloween movie within its ranks.
  — Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2024
• The Dodgers, especially, never swing at pitches out of the strike zone.
  — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2025
• Near the Left Field stage, baseball fans could test their swing at the batting cages or their throw at the pitching cages.
  — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 25 Feb. 2023
• To kick off the third inning, Hickey instructed his team to see the zone, swing at strikes, and stay relaxed.
  — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2023
• Video showed a shirtless white man shove Pickett in the chest before taking a swing at his face, touching off the brawl.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2023
• Read full article George, suddenly a perch for what felt like 40 pounds of bird, took a swing at it.
  — Lindsay Crudele, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
• Spend the day sipping wine at the clubhouse, or hanging out on the pro-shop patio or while working on your swing at the world-class putting course.
  — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 26 June 2024
• This is what has been stressed by the Padres’ hitting coaches — to be ready for the right pitch, swing at that pitch and do damage on that pitch.
  — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2025
• His swing at the golf ball was awkward, and the shot veered left and well short of its target, plopping into the water hazard alongside the hole.
  — Bill Pennington Doug Mills, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2023
• After that, Torkelson refused to swing at down-and-away pitches from Smyly and worked a five-pitch walk.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 23 Aug. 2023
• Adam Sandler is ready to take a swing at Happy Gilmore 2 for Netflix.
  — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2024
• And if Kupp is available, the Texans absolutely have to take a swing at landing him.
  — Jesse Reed, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
• The man takes a swing at Carson’s face, and Carson runs away before tripping over a bus bench and falling to the ground.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2023
• If approved, the foundation would instead use the money for the adaptive swing at Dagg Park.
  — Alecia Taylor, Kansas City Star, 19 July 2025