Swan Dive

I used to swan-dive a hundred and ten feet in the clear. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It was all one — ­to dance, as she well knew, beautifully; to dress with distinction and beauty; to swan-dive, all grace and courage, as few women dared; or, all fragility, to avalanche down the spill-way on the back of Mountain ❋ Unknown (2010)

The dual purpose of creation, looking backward in that natural looping swan-dive you put me through. ❋ Jerry Ratch (2011)

Ms. Racette's physical acting style ends in a spectacular, swan-dive suicide leap, which substantiates the scorn you feel for her weak husband (John Graham-Hall), weedy lover (Stuart Skelton) and hideously vile mother-in-law, Kabanicha, deliciously played like the Disney witch in "Snow White" by Susan Bickley. ❋ Paul Levy (2010)

Pseudo-Marie is drowned, * with eyeballs like peeled and boiled eggs, and she chases Real-Marie until Real-Marie flees the premises and does an accidental swan-dive into the river. ❋ Moriarty6 (2007)

I would recommend it to the reader who likes to swan-dive into words and then just loll around in them for the joy of it. ❋ Liviu (2009)

I guess if Paris Hilton and Britney Spears find their way into a presidential campaign commercial, perhaps it's become acceptable, or at least understandable, to become laminated to the illicit coupling of a spacey blonde with headbanded flyaway hair and a onetime hero who performed a splashy swan-dive off his Olympic-height political pedestal. ❋ Unknown (2008)

No, Paulson intends to hand out lavish treats to his banker buddies, while interest rates soar, pension funds collapse, the housing market crashes, and the dollar does a last, looping swan-dive into a pool of molten lava. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The sequences intercut faster and faster, building up to Eli taking a swan-dive off the building, falling, falling, and ... ❋ Hal Duncan (2006)

Best of luck to all, and a swan-dive into my inbox for me. ❋ Unknown (2004)

It was a Latin musical travesty to rival J.Lo's swan-dive into obsolescence at the Grammies. ❋ Cheeringcharm (2005)

His mother and sister were somewhere else and came home just in time to see the younger brother swan-dive out of his upstairs bedroom window. ❋ Stabenow, Dana (2004)

She elected to swan-dive into it, her soul-self assuming the form of the bird just before it disappeared into the flesh. ❋ Anthony, Piers (1997)

Uncle Joley, who has been speaking with the lifeguard, does a swan-dive into the pond. ❋ Picoult, Jodi, 1966- (1992)

So I told Ellington, as diplomatically as possible, to take a swan-dive off of an asteroid. ❋ Smith, E. E. (1950)

Opening the head-gate, he poised sharply upon its extremity and took off in a perfect swan-dive; floating unconcernedly down toward that boiling maelstrom two hundred feel below. ❋ Unknown (1927)

It was all one — ­to dance, as she well knew, beautifully; to dress with distinction and beauty; to swan-dive, all grace and courage, as few women dared; or, all fragility, to avalanche down the spill-way on the back of Mountain Lad and by the will and steel of her swim the huge beast across the tank. ❋ Unknown (1916)

"[nothing] can [be better] than a swan dive into the [asphalt]" ❋ VegaTDM (2007)

"[Ah nah], [ya boy] Ayew's only gone and Swan [Dived]. Again." ❋ JT's Mum (2021)

[My friend] and I went swan diving on [the guy] we were [hooking up] with. ❋ Mercy Marie (2014)

"Hey, is that Maria making out with [Margaret]? I guess she does [the swan] [dive]" ❋ Robert L (2004)

[dez], swan dive ❋ Moneky (2012)

John felt dinner with Sarah was getting awkward so he went for a [swan dive] [to break] the [tension]. ❋ Polonski (2012)

- Dude, [my girlfriend] was [sleeping] last night, totally did a Swan Dive! - [No way]!!! ❋ MFarmer (2010)

I had to go so bad, I ran up three flights of [stairs] and took a [swan dive] as soon as I got to [the can]. ❋ Jujunum (2013)

Girl walks into your [workplace] with [huge boobs] and wearing a [low-cut shirt]. As soon as she leaves, you look at your co-workers, hold your hands above your head in a swan-dive position and say "Swan Dive"! ❋ Swipa (2010)

"My girl totally has a [black eye] after she did [the swan] [dive] last night. It was awesome!" ❋ Hairless Chipmunk (2009)