Example sentences for: swathes

How can you use “swathes” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • One of Crete’s most influential religious institutions, Toploú Monastery (Moní Toploú), is found here on a windswept hilltop, surrounded by large swathes of fertile land bequeathed to it by grateful believers.

  • Then take your time and wander among the fragrant gardens with their swathes of jasmine, frangipani, and passion flower,their scents heavy in the warm air.

  • Although there are in fact many bodies of water, much of the charm of the region lies in the landscapes produced by the high peaks, majestic valleys, swathes of forest, and rugged fells (highland plateaus or pastures) that surround the lakes.

  • Woodland floors are blanketed with swathes of bluebells, and Gowbarrow Park, immortalized by Wordsworth, has its “host of golden daffodils. ”

  • In summer they seem almost to touch the clear azure sky; in winter they attract a mantle of snow and swathes of thick menacing clouds, and the villages of their lower slopes seem to hang suspended on this grey swirling blanket.


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