[
UK
/bɹˈɛststɹəʊk/
]
NOUN
- a swimming stroke; the arms are extended together in front of the head and swept back on either side accompanied by a frog kick
VERB
- swim with the face down and extend the arms forward and outward while kicking with the leg
How To Use breaststroke In A Sentence
- She's particularly good at breaststroke and backstroke. Times, Sunday Times
- He nearly won four more bronzes when fourth in the 50m backstroke and breaststroke, and 100m of both those strokes.
- I can do the crawl, and I'm learning the backstroke and breaststroke.
- Mostly I did the sidestroke and froggy-backstroke Bardiac, queen of not-quite-real swimming strokes, and a bit of breaststroke. Archive 2009-06-01
- She's particularly good at breaststroke and backstroke. Times, Sunday Times
- There were individual medleys, as well as backstroke, butterfly, breaststroke and freestyle events.
- These are classes for competent adult swimmers who know their breaststroke from their backstroke and are keen to hone their skills. Times, Sunday Times
- Swimming is divided into breaststroke, freestyle, backstroke, and butterfly stroke.
- No child went away disappointed as there were so many races: freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke, relays and novelty races.
- These are classes for competent adult swimmers who know their breaststroke from their backstroke and are keen to hone their skills. Times, Sunday Times
