Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: swarming
IPA transcription: [sw'ɔɹmɪŋ]
Usage examples
  • And louder above the sound of wailing came the roars of the Drilgoes swarming along the causeway.
  • He was within the walls now, and struggling to pass through the mob of people that was swarming like homeless bees.
  • That swarming cavalry, those countless footmen, the masterful guns--they had tried and tried to make head against them.
  • For four or five weeks longer, the mother never ceases her leisurely inspection-rounds, happy at hearing the new-born Spiders swarming in the wallet.
  • And as they were thus sorrowing behold, they heard a mighty clamour, that came from seaward and looking in the direction of the clamour saw a multitude of apes, as they were swarming locusts.
  • As matters continue to drag, it occurs to me, at eleven o'clock, to take the bundle of brushwood swarming with the little Spiders, all eager to be off, and place it on the window-sill, in the glare of the sun.
  • So they mounted, marvelling at the greatness of the dogs, and rode forth, attended by the four Wazirs and a host of apes like swarming locusts, some riding on dogs and others afoot till they came to the sea-shore.
  • A very large number of persons who keep bees, or who wish to keep them, are so much afraid of them that they object entirely even to natural swarming, because they are in danger of being stung in the process of hiving the bees.
  • Sir John Powis and his party repulsed over and over again the efforts of the assailants against that part of the wall entrusted to them, but at other points the French gained a footing, and swarming up rushed along the walls, slaying all whom they encountered.
  • From the swarming streets to the banks of the river, there descended innumerable flights of steps leading to bathing places, while the river itself seemed to force a passage with difficulty through the vast fleets of deeply--burthened ships that far and wide encountered its surface.