Swerving
['swə:viŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swerve
Checker: Olivier
Examples
- Yes, answered Venn, swerving round in obedience; and, after a pause, I wish you would tell me what this great trouble is. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- And as he did so, he remembered Gudrun's last words to him, and her face lifted up to him as he sat on the swerving horse. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It had hardly been a propitious beginning, but he had chosen his course, and would show no swerving. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Editor: Sonya