swallow dive
swan dive AmE

It was like a perfect swallow dive, on my back.

It was as though he had taken a swallow dive off the bridge.

So saying, the swallow dived into the valley, and was out of sight in a moment.

These men were going to let us take a long distance swallow dive into the Caribbean."

Swallows dived after insects in the orange light above the men.

Melinda and I lay on the hot bank, watching the swallows dive.

His famous swallow dive celebration was used to celebrate two of these tries.

She walked a few steps back, turned, broke into a run, and took off into a perfect swallow dive.

When Ashton scores, he often performs a "swallow dive".

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Inside our next classroom, the hay barn, swallows dive bombed us from the rafters; two kittens watched from a windowsill.

Although a regular swallow dive, from a height of 75 feet is twice the average of Olympic diving, the water was less than half as deep !

Heavy boots boomed across the deck after him, but I saw him launch himself away in a creditable swallow dive, his injured arm outflung.

Carlotta climbed up to the topmost diving platform and did a graceful swallow dive that made even Miss Wilton clap in admiration.

Try of the tournament Chris Ashton's first against Italy, a score celebrated by the flamboyant swallow dive, which captured the free-wheeling essence of the man.

Head first (swallow dive) entry into the tank itself - a mere 16 feet diameter - needed a perfect aim and secure footing launch from the diving platform above.

"Let's love her while she's here, and be thankful that she never took that swallow dive off the roof, for truly she has added to the gaiety of nations as no-one ever will again."

Sassine was across the aisle from us, reeking the place out with pot Zade had told him to shut up a few minutes ago and Sassine had come off his high in a swallow dive.

The lack of this crassness is something that I've always admired about rugby (hopefully Ashton will grow out of his daft swallow dives, which are small time compared to the NFL and soccer displays, but don't all these things always start small?)

Even when England were playing well, against Australia last November and at the start of this year's Six Nations, he kept being asked about Chris Ashton's swallow dive and whether the wing would be dropped for disobeying an instruction to touch down in a more conventional way.

The lively swallow dives into the court and, rising with a surge, darts away twittering over the roofs; the busy bee toils humming among the flower beds, and painted butterflies hover from plant to plant, and flutter up and sport with each other in the sunny air.

Prinsloo played a vital part in finishing dazzling moves for many a St. Helens victory including the sensational 1959 Championship Final win by 44 points to 22 over a great Hunslet side where Prinsloo exhibited a fabulous touchline dash rounded off with his trademark 'swallow dive' over the tryline.

She would have held the swan dive to the end.

It is the time of year for a Miami swan dive.

The policeman put his arms out as if he were doing a swan dive.

Without looking back, he takes a swan dive into the abyss.

Robin did as he said, ending in a swan dive.

The teacher said your swan dive was absolutely perfect, remember?"

Instructed not to look down, to push off and do a great big swan dive, I did.

She practically did a swan dive into the house.

That was a mighty pretty swan dive you did.

"Why don't you go take a swan dive off the cliffs?"

Took a swan dive from the sixth floor into one of the flower beds.

And its latest swan dive may be bad news for Al Gore.

An even better tactic is to abandon the body with a swan dive off a high ledge.

Look at the arrow on the roof and pull out your finest swan dive.

It was like surfacing from a perfectly performed swan dive.

So what happens when your Pilot takes a swan dive onto the unforgiving floor?

"They're not really built for swan dives and jackknives, are they?"

"It was really high up," he said, dismissing the idea of swan dives or twists.

Mr. Leader had just taken a swan dive into an empty pool.

Try a swan dive or a jackknife, if you're into form."

One of the swans dived under the water and rose to shake its feathers.

He whipped his microphone to the floor and leaped in a swan dive off the stage into the crowd.

He, too, lost everything in Sandy's spectacular swan dive.

Re lifted his arms and gracefully made a swan dive into the middle of the lake.

Swan Dive is best known for their album Circle, released in 1998.