Usage examples (35)

• The first thing he saw as he crossed the swale was the big bays in the yard.
• It is situated in a low marshy 'swale' to the right of the Sweetwater river, and about forty miles from the South Pass.
• From a point far down the "swale," from behind the low bank of the stream bed, three rifle shots rang out on the crisp morning air.
• North, tumbling and rolling toward the Yellowstone in alternate "swale" and ridge, the treeless, upland prairie stretches to the horizon.