Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swales
Noun
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Set on a tiny, exceedingly private spit of land deep inside a national park, the property spans wetlands, savanna, and Rwanda’s quintessential hillscapes.—
Todd Plummer,
Robb Report,
19 June 2026 -
With this growth came the construction of new factories, freeways and high-rise condos, while devastated wetlands once inhabited by cranes were systematically drained and repurposed for human use, never to return.—
The Los Angeles Times,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
Noun
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Marshy has over eight miles of trails through marshes and coastal forest adjacent to Dundee and Saltpeter Creeks.—
Carl R. Gold,
Baltimore Sun,
18 June 2026
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State biologists also consider prescribed burns, 88,000 of which take place each year, as essential for restoring prairies, forests and marshes with new growth.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
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They're mostly found in the swamps, sloughs, wetlands, and drainage ditches of the western coastal plain, and are occasionally found around rivers and lakes.—
Jack Armstrong,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
3 June 2026
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Any niche status went out the window years ago, as slews of more casual runners opt into the marathon experience.—
Madeleine Schulz,
Vogue,
30 Apr. 2026
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Blazes can simmer in peat bogs and other areas of organic matter several feet below ground, just waiting to ignite again.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
29 May 2026
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Before the roads west of town were paved in 1936, reaching the lake meant navigating ruts, mud bogs and chugholes.—
Spencer Elliott,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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These many watering holes are reflective of the Lone Star state's varied geographic regions, from bald cypress swamps to mountainous desert lakes.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
16 June 2026
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From the pine forests and black swamps to the marsh flats and on to the Gulf, the refuge burgeons with life in ways hard to explain to someone who hasn’t been there.—
Jeff VanderMeer,
Travel + Leisure,
11 June 2026
Noun
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Commoners relied on swamps, fens, forests, and heaths for fuel, gravel, stone, and wood to make tools and to build and repair houses.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
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Bogs and fens are areas that accumulate peat – deposits of dead and partly decomposed plant materials that form organic-rich soil.—
Jon Sweetman,
The Conversation,
30 Sep. 2022
Noun
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Living in a very unpopulated little area of the rural French marshlands, Thomas (Bastien Bouillon), his wife Nora (Hafsia Herzi) and their young daughter Ida (Tawba El Gharchi) go about their daily routine.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
22 May 2026
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There are also ponds, dunes, marshlands, forests, and the historic Big Sable Point Lighthouse.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
13 May 2026
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As with her earlier work, ecotourism will be a crucial component of conserving these feral swamplands and dry tropical forests at the heart of South America.—
The Editors,
Outside,
18 Mar. 2026
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In the 1950s, land reclamation transformed former swamplands and a typhoon shelter into today’s Victoria Park and Causeway Bay.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Swales.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swales. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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