1
: a band used in swathing
2
: an enveloping medium
swathed; swathing
1
: to bind, wrap, or swaddle with or as if with a bandage
2
: envelop
a mountain swathed by clouds
Examples of swathe in a Sentence
Verb
The nurse swathed the wounded soldier's leg in bandages.
Her neck was swathed in jewels.
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Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 30 May 2025
Santillan suffered a nasty cut above an eye that left both men swathed in blood.
—Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
Another room is swathed in African fabrics given to her by Blackwell, whose wife, Mary Vinson, collected them.
—Isabel Wilkinson Schor, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Another powder room is swathed in Michael Smith wallpaper.
—Kristen Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 31 Mar. 2025
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Verb
As per, that meant stars swathed in the acid orange and bold blue team colors.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 30 May 2025
Santillan suffered a nasty cut above an eye that left both men swathed in blood.
—Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
Another room is swathed in African fabrics given to her by Blackwell, whose wife, Mary Vinson, collected them.
—Isabel Wilkinson Schor, New York Times, 16 May 2025
Another powder room is swathed in Michael Smith wallpaper.
—Kristen Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 31 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for swathe
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“Swathe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swathe. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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