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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
dive . (scuba diving) - verb Past participle of
dive (jump head-first)
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Examples
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I dived from the hummock where the cut-bank crumbled.
thomas mcgrath | letters to an imaginary friend « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2008
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The ‘girl’ dived from the water and back … but what shocked us most is that instead of human feet, she had scales. .like those of a fish.
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Jean-Sebastien Aubin dived left to cover but missed the puck and got tangled with teammate Milan Kraft, leaving the net open for Antropov.
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Being gratified, he spread himself upon the couch, crossed his legs in the air, and without another word dived Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, where he remained for two mortal hours, to the general satisfaction of his relatives.
Rose In Bloom Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 1876
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Being gratified, he spread himself upon the couch, crossed his legs in the air, and without another word dived Twenty Thousand Leagues
Rose in Bloom Louisa May Alcott 1860
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His hand was burned with the fire, but his sword dived deep into the monster's body and from that moment the flames began to abate.
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That warrior in war-gear, whereby the sword dived,
The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats Anonymous
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A pain like a sharp sword dived deep down into me and twisted horribly through my heart, for as I saw them coming I realized in one swift moment of terrible intuition that they had their life in me, that they were born of my own being, and were indeed _projections of myself_.
Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Mystic-Humorous Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897
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Being gratified, he spread himself upon the couch, crossed his legs in the air, and without another word dived Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, where he remained for two mortal hours, to the general satisfaction of his relatives.
Rose in Bloom 1876
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"I knew it would be trial and error, but I was so excited about having these opportunities, I kind of dived in."
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