• It wasn't a hanging offence but he swung for it anyway.
• Nobody should get away with planting a bomb in a public place without swinging for it.
• He will swing for it next week, unless a petition for his life takes effect.

• The Compass Engineer will swing the ship through the major compass points and determine the deviation on each point.
• Much importance is also attached to the swinging of ships in dock before going to sea.

• I push the tiller across and as the boat swings round I stand up and move across the boat.
• On the final approach to the climb the road turns sharply back on itself and, just when I need it most, the wind which has been in my face all day swings round to assist me.
• The thought causes Julia to grimace for a moment until a figure swings round in front of her.

• If your gait swings so that your feet are pointed outward or inward, you may end up with the duck or the pigeon-toed walking styles.
• Cath got to school at around seven thirty and swung along to the main office.
• He whistled and hummed old tunes as he swung along.

Synonyms

• But then, instead of swinging the club back, simply bring it to the halfway position I've described.
• In one fluid motion Carlotta swung the torch and clubbed Don Antonio as hard as she could over the head.
• He first suggested he might skip the Masters in January, when his lower back caused problems swinging the club.

• The leader swung at him, but Jack stepped around the punch and jammed the knife in the man's spine.
• He ducked as she swung at him then lunged upward, throwing a hard punch at her jaw.
• She grumbled, swinging at him, knowing well that he would catch her punch before it even came close to landing.

• I mean, perhaps the prisoner had himself swung a punch around the corner where you couldn't see it.
• He swung a punch at her face causing her to fall and then grabbed her by the coat, dragging her along and spitting at her.
• The teenager said he was only acting in self-defence when the youth swung a punch at him.

• In the one day arena, few bowlers swing the ball away from the right-hander for fear of bowling wides.
• He was a dangerous bowler who could swing the ball both ways and in 21 Test matches took 78 wickets costing 27.13 per wicket.

• By the time it was our turn to field, the conditions were more favourable for bowling, the ball was swinging and Botham took a couple of wonderful catches.
• One ball swung away in the air and was at least a couple of feet outside Viswanath's off stump before it started curling in.

• This volatile issue was used to mobilize voters and swing elections at all levels.
• Today cognitive scientists pre-test messages and images with focus groups comprising types of voters who might swing an election.
• Only thirty students from the state school are registered to vote, so it isn't likely to swing the election.

• Even as late as 2000, he could probably have swung it.
• At Manchester United, you had Monday morning and all day Thursday on academic things, so that's what swung it.
• But the thing she believes really swung it was that her husband was foreign and not even European.

Synonyms

• The music swings and the professionals perform elaborately energetic movements.
• These dozen folk-punk songs swing with an infectious rhythm.

• Go into the play ground and have a swing on the swings.

• The researchers referred to timing as those forces that are applied to the golf club during the swing.
• A proper stroke has been compared to the proper swing of a golf club.
• In addition to the above, other factors need to be considered and corrected to improve your golf swing.

• Here, layers are added at the chin length to increase hair volume and give some swing.
• A full skirt adds swing and style.
• Until the 1920s, the most accurate timepieces depended on the regular swing of a pendulum.

• There were some swings and some punches as well as a few cheap kicks.
• She quickly turned back around and took a swing to punch me in the face but I jerked my head back so she could miss.
• After that, I snapped back to reality and started dodging his punches and swings.

• Does it surprise you that genuine swing bowlers are such a rare breed these days?
• Bowlers depending on swing have traditionally fared well here.
• The breakthrough came from Jones, an inspiration at times, who had begun to gain some swing as the ball scuffed.

• It is perhaps the busiest of the productions on the album working more of a swing into its rhythmic structure.
• But it's the song's swing rather than its lyrics that keep it agitated.