She swam away from the shore with slow, steady strokes.

Jonathan swims through the nightmare with a steady stroke now.

She turned over on her back and swam upstream with slow, steady strokes.

Blade dropped down again, plunging once more deep inside and settled into a steady stroke.

Within moments, he could see her knifing through the water in smooth, steady strokes.

He kept pumping her there with firm, steady strokes.

The tide ran strong, I took care to lose none of it, and our steady stroke carried us on thoroughly well.

Below them, swimming for the ship with strong, steady strokes, was the captain.

Chris tried to keep up with steady, muscular strokes, but I blew him away.

He took four or five running steps off the shore, then dove, pulling himself quickly through the water, taking long, steady strokes.