What's the difference between swag and swam?

Swag


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing.
  • (v. i.) To sink down by its weight; to sag.
  • (n.) A swaying, irregular motion.
  • (n.) A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Then my 3rd was KFC and I knew he was right July 7, 2016 Already there are reports of churches and police stations being flooded by Pokémon Trainers keen to find rare Pokémon or grab swag from PokéStops.
  • (2) He sat on the main stage beneath a blue and yellow swagging.
  • (3) Henry and his team will be taking no prisoners until the swag is safely gathered in.
  • (4) The clip of him shacking out to the dubstep tune Swag Music became a particularly big hit.
  • (5) Invariably someone tweets a picture of a dog with pro-Israel swag , and it’s always absurd.
  • (6) "G osh," gasps Lucy Worsley, peering intently at Edward I's pendulous swags.
  • (7) Seeing as I've already broken the fashion ranks by revealing the Great 57th Birthday Denim Swag Haul, I shall further anger my style overlords by confessing I strongly disagree with this rule.
  • (8) Undoubtedly John Humphrys would ask him how he justifies his mighty swag to a striking staff on considerably less than the median.
  • (9) In a city of hustlers, tricksters, and go-getters, where the right dose of swag and gumption gets you farther than a college degree can, Furo is a bumbling non-entity.
  • (10) People push and cluster their way through the narrow alleyways between stands carrying big bags of swag – usually black T-shirts and posters and little action figures.
  • (11) One huckster inside the de facto pope swag bazaar at the Columbus Circle subway station confirmed that he would resell any tickets – any tickets he obtained whatsoever – at a higher price than he had paid.
  • (12) As Essence magazine recently swooned: “Mr Ali has some serious swag … from his cool demeanour and radiant smile to his deep laugh and dope style”.
  • (13) There is a lovely wisteria outside, forming great swags of flowers around the window - it feels like being in a treetop bower.
  • (14) Spiders slung swags and trusses of silk in every corner.
  • (15) I’ve shared slightly embarrassed glances with other suspected Pokémon Go players when we’ve all ended up crowded around the same landmark, unloading swag from the PokéStop – but my excitement when a Crabby appeared in the dairy section at the local supermarket was not shared by passing shoppers, who no doubt couldn’t work out why I was enthusiastically “photographing” milk.
  • (16) No, you might not be carrying the Chanel swag about your person (although you might – honestly, that Oxfam in Kensington is a goldmine), but you're still looking good, so enjoy it.
  • (17) UK commissions for ITV1 include SWAGS, a six-part drama series about service wives and girlfriends, and historical drama Mr Selfridge.
  • (18) I slept in a swag – basically, a glorified sleeping bag cover.
  • (19) Now that he’s got his second-term swag on, he’s able to let loose a little bit,” she said.
  • (20) Last month, the FBI director, James Comey, told an audience: “I put a piece of tape over the camera because I saw somebody smarter than I am had a piece of tape over their camera.” The corporate swag company Idea Stage Promotions describes its Webcam Cover 1.0 as “the HOTTEST PROMOTIONAL ITEM on the market today”.

Swam


Definition:

  • () imp. of Swim.
  • (imp.) of Swim

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In regard to swimming performance, the weaver mutants swam with less ability but with more vigor than normal mice.
  • (2) However, cells grown in liquid medium swam normally and did not show any differences from wild-type cells in terms of swimming speed or tumbling frequency.
  • (3) The latest incident carries echoes of the case of another American, Evan Hunziker, who swam across the Yalu river from China to North Korea in 1996.
  • (4) Beppe Grillo , the former comedian who co-founded the M5S, made an impression on Sicilians when he swam the 3.5km (2.2-mile) stretch that divides the island from the mainland in 2012.
  • (5) However, when adapted to the dark for an hour or more, vis-à-vis pairs swam positively to the light.
  • (6) When rats swam in cold water for 10 min twice and were rewarmed by immersion in water at 38 degrees C during 20 min, embryo transport was accelerated despite that no changes occurred in the blood levels of sex steroids.
  • (7) The swimming time was increased by 5 min until the rats swam continuously for 1.5 hr.
  • (8) He told the Guardian he swam across a river and borrowed a friend’s car to make it into Port Vila.
  • (9) After a 4-week conditioning period, the "Long" group underwent a 6-week period during which they swam up to 44,000 m.wk-1, while the "Short" group maintained their swimming at 22,000 m.wk-1.
  • (10) After four boats carrying nearly 600 people successfully landed in western Indonesia – some migrants jumped into the water and swam – a fifth carrying hundreds more was turned away early on Monday.
  • (11) Rats that swam for 3 h showed a 6-fold increase in serum creatine phosphokinase (SCPK) activity which declined to control values within 7 h after swimming.
  • (12) At all times, morphologically normal spermatozoa from donors and patients swam faster and had greater rolling frequency, flagellar beat frequency and amplitude than did abnormally shaped cells.
  • (13) The rats swam for 50 min in 34-35 degrees C water with a tail weight (5% of body wt).
  • (14) Before stimulation, glycogen was higher in rats that swam on the preceding day (supercompensated rats) compared with controls.
  • (15) After dilution in salt solution, some caput sperm exhibited circular motion, whereas most cauda sperm swam progressively.
  • (16) The cheers of 1,300 Norwegian teenagers carry far over the still grey waters where, on 22 July 2011, children swam for their lives .
  • (17) During observations the diver either stayed in one place for 30 min, swam transects or followed individual fish.
  • (18) Sperm recovered from the proximal region of the caudal epididymis, near the corpus, swam in either the helical or hyperactivated patterns, or a mixture of the two.
  • (19) Perhaps that whale swam up the Thames for a reason.
  • (20) After each attack, the sharks swam round in a gentle arc and returned to the spot to snaffle the stunned and dead sardines.

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