Maybe, she thought, it would be worth the risk to try to swim a little.
"But then you end up just trying to swim through it all."
Then suddenly he turned from her, tried to swim back toward the shore.
He threw himself into the water trying to swim to her.
They must try to swim across and save the child before it was too late.
A small number of men tried to swim across and some made it to the far bank.
It was not a river she would want to have to try to swim.
He was trying to swim when his foot hit bottom.
The boat was going under, people were trying to swim away.
I'm not going to try to swim to catch you, so come back and get me.