Timeline for "A line of cars swung out of the palace gates." — How will the sentence meaning change if I replace "swung" with "moved"?
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| Nov 19, 2023 at 7:12 | answer | added | Seowjooheng Singapore | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 19, 2023 at 2:50 | comment | added | DrMoishe Pippik | A synonym might be "pivoted" or "turned", i.e., not moving straight ahead. | |
| Nov 19, 2023 at 2:24 | comment | added | TimR | moved is nondescript whereas swung suggests the cars turned onto the roadway upon exiting the gate. | |
| Nov 18, 2023 at 23:41 | history | asked | Loviii | CC BY-SA 4.0 |