Examples from literature

• As it was, the bathers came back with their clothes wet through. 
• I noticed that the water did not reach further than the bathers' stomachs. 
• One day the waves seemed to viciously break near the shore, and the bathers all followed the rope out to where there were swells instead of breakers. 
• Shouting, "I come," I raised my hands above my head and dived as a bather dives, dived into the black gulf beneath. 
• Swimmers and bathers are often badly stung by this strange animal and its relatives. 
• The last bather came from the brook, refreshed by the cooling waters and adorned with flowers. 
• The room was empty, and Hugh crossed to examine a beautiful little marble statuette of a girl bather, with her arms raised and about to dive.