The first thing he saw as he crossed the swale was the big bays in the yard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Freckles] Reference

It is situated in a low marshy 'swale' to the right of the Sweetwater river, and about forty miles from the South Pass.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier] Reference

North, tumbling and rolling toward the Yellowstone in alternate "swale" and ridge, the treeless, upland prairie stretches to the horizon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Custer's Last Battle] Reference

Straight through this swale the Khatkans set course.    From Wordnik.com.  [Voodoo Planet] Reference

Before them, the land dipped away into a grassy swale.    From Wordnik.com.  [Time Streams]

In a grassy swale Conan halted and unsaddled his mount.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hour of the Dragon]

Miguel carried Louis 'body over his shoulder down a swale.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sinaloa Cowboys] Reference

Marsh or swale hay is particularly liable to infest with worms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry] Reference

After the recent rains the gentle swale to the right was muddy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Soul of the Fire]

One of the sheep in the lush growth of the swale blatted at him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lord of the Isles] Reference

The Rover fishtailed, still caught in a swale of driveway gravel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kiss the Girls]

It sat toadlike down in its swale, and the windows were all black.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cold Mountain]

As they crossed a narrow swale, he reached down and scratched her neck.    From Wordnik.com.  [Higher Authority]

They camped in a little swale that provided some protection from the wind.    From Wordnik.com.  [Emperor of Ansalon]

There's a lot of pounding beginning out over here, and the swale behind me.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2005] Reference

Below them, in the gentle swale, the stream meandered in a southwest direction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Darkness]

Richard collected his things and, with a final wave, headed down into the swale.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stone of Tears]

It appeared to come from a swale, or depression among some small, rounded knolls.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy Ranchers Among the Indians or, Trailing the Yaquis] Reference

I crawled down the swale another thirty meters before I eased up for a quick look.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flash] Reference

If we keep low along the downhill side of that swale there, we can get pretty close.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bitter Gold Hearts]

Barrin bolted after her, down the grassy swale and to the verge of the fast-time rift.    From Wordnik.com.  [Time Streams]

Over time, the green swale would become a grassy meadow enriched by this wetland stage.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Plains of Passage]

When he fell full-length in the swale, he got to his feet the best he could and went on.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reveries of a Schoolmaster] Reference

After a time, the road dipped into a swale, with a small marsh below the road to the left.    From Wordnik.com.  [Colors of Chaos]

At this point a ravine or more properly a swale ran up the hill parallel to our breastworks.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of Kershaw's Brigade] Reference

Flandry's pilot soon found it, grudging down a swale where ambush was less likely than among trees.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rebel Worlds]

He led them down the road a bend or two to his house, which sat off below the road in a damp swale.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cold Mountain]

This ridge crossed the swale, or valley, and divided what lay beyond from the view of the six little Bunkers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's] Reference

"The coulee runs out about a mile to the west, and straight to the north, up a wide swale, lies the ranch house in full view.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Ted Strong in Montana With Lariat and Spur] Reference

It was tossed into a swale (ph) area, obviously abandoned, without any real thought of what was going to happen to this child.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 11, 2005] Reference

They did not go long, about two or three miles, until they pulled off the road into a swale at the mouth to a ragged little cove.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cold Mountain]

When in a small swale or depression in the ground, near the center of the field, the abattis was discovered in front of the works.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of Kershaw's Brigade] Reference

Two cowboys, leaving their horses rather reluctantly, formed an advance scouting party, and the others waited down in a little swale.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X] Reference

Looking out from the opened tent Nort saw being driven, along the bank of a small brook that ran through the swale, several big steers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy Ranchers or Solving the Mystery at Diamond X] Reference