How to Use swoop in a Sentence

swoop

1 of 2 verb

• The police swooped in and captured the criminals.
• But the Braves swooped in and took him.
  — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
• One swooped me and took half of my burger!
  — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
• Disney swooped in and bought it.
  — Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
• The tide will wash the sand away, and the birds will swoop out of sight.
  — Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 6 Aug. 2025
• Serve with toothpicks, and watch them get swooped up.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2025
• The good news is flea markets swoop in where thrift stores fall short.
  — Marisa Suzanne Martin, The Spruce, 21 Feb. 2026
• English, whose thick gray-brown hair swooped over her head, was game.
  — Dan Greene, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
• Planes swoop in to land less than 100 feet above your head.
  — Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
• Again, this is about the love bomber trying to swoop in and take over your life.
  — Lauren Krouse, SELF, 25 May 2022
• And right on cue, the camera crew comes swooping in.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 12 Dec. 2025
• The mother then swooped in a fourth time, grabbed her and threw her out of the nest.
  — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2023
• That leaves the door open for Turner to swoop in and get the win.
  — Kyle Fowle, EW.com, 29 Aug. 2022
• Why had something come swooping out of the air to hit her in the head?
  — Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
• Then, in an instant, a seagull swooped in.
  — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
• And those face-framing bands that swoop just to the corner of her eyes?
  — Seventeen, 2 Aug. 2022
• Just be wary of hungry seagulls, who might swoop in for a bite of your food.
  — Joshua Mandell, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
• That opened the door for Baltimore to swoop in.
  — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
• And that’s why Veach swooped in and made the deal for Delane.
  — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
• There was no large benefactor who swooped in, Rey said.
  — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2026
• Try it on our confetti cake, or swoop it on a carrot cake sheet cake.
  — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 14 July 2026
• Mothers do the heavy lifting, fathers swoop in when the praise flows.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 9 May 2022
• However, at the last minute, Pitt swooped in to steal the part.
  — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 15 Mar. 2026
• Guttural bass lines that swoop up and down with counterpoint melodies?
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2022
• Fast-casual restaurants swooped in to fill in the gap.
  — Rafaela Jinich, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026
• When a male finds one, the lovebug will swoop in and attach himself to her body.
  — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2026
• Enough of it for fans who love this league to swoop in and save the conversation.
  — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 4 May 2026
• Country swooped in and took all that momentum.
  — Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 4 Aug. 2025
• The loose, short design swoops away from the legs, giving your thighs plenty of room to breathe.
  — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 11 Mar. 2024
• Bill was supposed to swoop in and suggest scenes that the studio thought could be cut from the script.
  — Stacy Lambe, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025

swoop

2 of 2 noun

• Those types of drifts rarely appear in one fell swoop.
  — Polina Beletskaya, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
• Want to get rid of your age spots, fine lines and redness in one fell swoop?
  — Kara Cuzzone, Forbes, 24 May 2021
• In one fell swoop the new ownership has lost its first life.
  — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
• Or whether denizens of downtown might get to see the speedy swoop of the adult peregrine.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2023
• Cheers to satisfying your sweet tooth and thirst in one fell swoop.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2024
• Could someone new swoop in and excite the voters enough to go rogue?
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
• The little one appeared to have gray eyes and sported a swoop of dark brown hair.
  — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
• The little one appears to have gray eyes and is sporting a swoop of dark brown hair.
  — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
• The Movie, which throws away the show’s best camp impulses in one fell swoop.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2023
• One swoop through with warm, fluffy pita, and everyone’s eyes went wide.
  — Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Nov. 2025
• Wallace, who has a swoop of blond hair and a bright smile, decided to post about him.
  — Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
• Devin tries to play both friend and intimidating foe in one fell swoop.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 2 Dec. 2021
• An everyday lob can go from basic to va-va-voom with a single swoop.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 10 June 2026
• One large swoop covers one side of her forehead next to the other swirly tendrils.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 22 Apr. 2022
• Stock up on your favorite Ref jeans and a pair of reliably chic boots in one fell swoop.
  — Shelby Ying Hyde, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Oct. 2022
• One city is even expecting a windfall tax gain that will wipe out its entire debt in one fell swoop.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2022
• Sometimes, the agentic web even does entire multi-task jobs for you in one fell swoop.
  — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
• This two-in-one hair tool delivers a salon-style blowout from your bathroom in one swoop.
  — Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 2 June 2026
• Rajamouli is forty-nine years old, with a swoop of salt-and-pepper curls and a thick beard in a matching shade.
  — Simon Abrams, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2023
• In one fell swoop, Zeller breaks faith not just with his characters, but with his viewers.
  — Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2023
• Roasted beets pair with fresh herbs, fennel, spiced pepitas, and a swoop of strained yogurt.
  — Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 12 Jan. 2026
• Dry and straighten your hair in one fell swoop with this tool that doesn’t come with traditional hot plates.
  — Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
• Make some swoops and swirls on the top with the back of a spoon, then decorate with sprinkles and add the candles.
  — Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 17 Mar. 2026
• Her colorful baby hairs were brushed into swoops between the petal pieces on her face.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 30 Oct. 2023
• When things are going really well, that’s the time to go on high alert to prepare not to have a big swoop down.
  — Jenny Singer, Glamour, 2 July 2021
• Available in a range of colors, this best-selling pan will replace nine common kitchen items in one fell swoop.
  — Ni'kesia Pannell, Woman's Day, 14 Sep. 2022
• And that creates just the kind of atmosphere where strong men emerge promising to solve all of our problems in one fell swoop.
  — NBC news, 14 Dec. 2025
• Scarlett curled the ponytail in two-inch curls and also curled the hairline section left out of the pony for that retro swoop.
  — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 10 July 2023
• And they are dedicated enough to sit down and solve nearly 800 clues in one fell swoop.
  — Deb Amlen, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2022
• Thanks to the deal, the company cut its carbon emissions by 70 percent in one fell swoop.
  — Yannic Rack, Wired, 23 Feb. 2022