How to Use swarm in a Sentence

swarm

1 of 2 noun
  • Think about how big a swarm 10 flies can seem.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
  • There were swarms of bugs and maggots.
    — Jesse Bedayn, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
  • When is an earthquake swarm over?
    — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 12 May 2026
  • Just below the swarm, there's a new point of light.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The drones are getting faster and stronger and can move in swarms.
    — Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • This pro-social swarm tries to defeat the evil swarm.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Even baleen whales eat swarms of tiny animals known as krill.
    — Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Do earthquake swarms mean a big quake is coming?
    — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Each dot of light holds its own place and timing inside the swarm.
    — Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • As a result, swarms of people were turned away from the event.
    — Saige Miller, NPR, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The design can scale to larger swarms.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Feb. 2026
  • That applies to swarms of AI agents too.
    — Marco Argenti, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Or the good swarm comes to your aid and serves as your shield and protector.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • One or two buzzers aren’t so bad, but a swarm of them could mean there’s a nest nearby.
    — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Southern Living, 8 May 2026
  • Drone swarms, on the other hand, are cheap and can appear out of nowhere.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 27 Apr. 2026
  • That explains their swarms on highways.
    — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2026
  • Red light reversed the process, causing the swarms to break apart and swim freely again.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 May 2026
  • The swarms over Barksdale suggest how high the price could be.
    — Brynn Tannehill, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The best thing to do is to leave the swarm alone, keep pets and people away from it, and wait it out.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The best thing to do is to leave the swarm alone, keep pets and people away from it, and wait it out.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Will cicadas harm your garden like a swarm of locusts?
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 June 2026
  • Each drone runs the same swarm engine locally.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
  • That makes the swarm of family notable.
    — Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Keep bugs away Nothing ruins a camping trip faster than swarms of bugs.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Easier said than done when both parties leave a swarm of paparazzi in their wakes.
    — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2026
  • In late winter to early spring, carpenter ants swarm to mate and start new colonies.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2026
  • In late winter to early spring, carpenter ants swarm to mate and start new colonies.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
  • In effect, this would see Japan sending swarms of cheap drones first during a strike.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Small UAVs now operate in swarms and at low cost.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Mar. 2026
  • An alert signals that an AI bot swarm is coming to attack us.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026

swarm

2 of 2 verb
  • The six are swarming around her.
    — Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The other kids swarmed around him.
    — Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • Feds are swarming the swing state.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Mayflies – tasty morsels for bats – swarmed in the humid air.
    — John Flesher, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Aug. 2023
  • This would trigger dozens of deputies to swarm the area and join the chase.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
  • All three were swarmed by adoring fans after the set.
    — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The two silver medalists rushed out to swarm her.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Usyk tried to swarm once the action commenced.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Nothing is worse than swarming gnats and flies.
    — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 27 June 2026
  • So why isn’t the ocean swarming with insects?
    — Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Charging suit-and-tie men and pantsuit women swarmed the block.
    — Gary Gulman, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Soon, a few kids caught on and then the baseball phenom was swarmed.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
  • By now, the puffins had vacated the area, and gulls swarmed the sea caves.
    — Kayla Becker, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Now, the best of defenses will swarm him with size and force him to shoot over the top.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The defense will have to swarm and cause negative plays and turnovers.
    — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 17 Jan. 2026
  • His teammates swarmed Snell in the sixth and forced him from the contest.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The bees emerged from the bag and swarmed on the man, authorities say.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 20 Sep. 2023
  • At the first sound of trouble, both men were rushed out as agents in heavy armor swarmed the stage.
    — Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The sun had set, and mosquitoes swarmed up from the grass below.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The sky is swarming with satellites and space telescopes.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Parton, meanwhile, stayed in her friend’s house as police swarmed the area.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026
  • The slower movement had a swarming, rich sound.
    — Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Ten engines were among the crews that swarmed the fire as firefighters worked to stop its spread.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2025
  • More than 30 officers swarmed the area.
    — Julia Coin may 29, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026
  • Pulido went down and players from both teams swarmed the 6-foot-4 goalie.
    — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Officers then swarm toward the man off-screen.
    — Bridget Byrne, Baltimore Sun, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Today, the bathrooms are still swarming with vapers.
    — Ean Soh, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Two years ago, teenagers swarmed Becker Park to party.
    — Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • But so many people had swarmed the market that the Wi-Fi crashed.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Paramedics swarmed the building — the help for which Díaz-Muñoz had begged, his wife said.
    — Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 17 Feb. 2023

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