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Sentence Examples An hour out we came across a swift stream and found a good spot to wade across the icy water. With a swift smooth move, one of the figures slid his sword out of the scabbard, and swung the blade at the drunk. It's physically taxing, too, relying as it does on lightning-fast footwork, deep lunges and swift parries. Considering how many plants sit on my desk, and the dry atmosphere created by the air conditioning, swift action was required. Thinking in the intuitive mode is swift, effortless, and associative, whereas thinking in the rational mode takes time and effort. Service was swift and efficient, possibly because we were the only diners in the restaurant, and our bill for five came to around 25 leva. Monica cried aloud and ran at her husband's attacker, but was sent flying across the dirt by a swift blow from his arm. In this circumstance it is appropriate to depend upon a set of rules for swift action. Alex whipped the sword out with lightning speed before he leapt up and blocked a swift attack. With one swift motion, Dave spun back around, and with a clean right-footed roundhouse kick, he disarmed the agent of both weapons. Thanks to the turbo-charger, progress in the higher gears is equally swift, provided revs are at or above 1,500 rpm. Soon lines of houses bordered the roads and Kyle slowed to a swift, but leisurely pace. The return to peace saw a swift resumption of car production, which was then hit by the immediate post-war slump. Her execution was swift and her body was laid to rest in the Chapel of St Vincula at the Tower of London. Writers of fiction often use the same effect to present swift action, changes in thinking, and the like. He glared up at the girl as he released her arm and moved away from the bed in a swift, fluid movement. Brion pulled him up with a swift yank and continued to walk as if nothing had happened. His jaw clenched as he walked in two swift strides to the door and pulled it open, nearly yanking it off the hinges. Many embraced Mohammedonism to escape slavery and at least some joined the xebecs, the swift three masted boats used by the pirates. The frigates easily outgunned the pirates but had trouble blockading their swift, shore-hugging xebecs. Show More Sentences In a movement so swift that I hardly registered it until it was over, Andrei raised my hand to his lips and lightly kissed the back of it. The Koreans outplayed the Indian team with swift clinical and calibrated moves from the wings. I hope he makes a swift comeback, but an injury like his will need plenty of rest and recuperation. A swift headbutt and a hard slam into my own solar plexus left me gasping for breath and I closed in for the kill so to speak. He threw me to the ground, finally releasing my hair, and delivered a swift kick to my stomach. It took all my willpower to restrain from running to the harbor and instead follow Mr. Kenton at a swift pace. Let's hope that those responsible for the proper use of State funds experience a swift reality check in the interim. Other highlights of the weekend were seeing Alison Lapper Pregnant, and a swift whizz around the National Portrait Gallery on Sunday morning. Her punishment for the previous night's little escapade had been five swift strokes with a cane, on her bottom. All at once, Alex's flat hand had made one swift karate-chop to the side of the man's face, rendering him unconscious in seconds. This was a unique terrain for warfare, where rapid advances and swift movements of armies were extremely difficult. This will effectively help the swift drainage of rainwater during heavy downpours. As he quickened his pace to a jog, he saw a swift shape dart up a curling stairway. When a church leader asked him to tone down his use of racy language in his columns, his answer was swift. You take swift decisions and make quick changes when situations are tense and demanding. They inhabit swift streams, the backwaters of large rivers, brackish lagoons, and potholes. Even the powerful moose knew to beware the swift javelins of avarii hunters. The mood in security circles was one of watchfulness and preparation for swift but discreet action. The brash but explosive back made life much easier for QB Jake Plummer, who acclimated to the Broncos' system in swift fashion. If he hadn't made such a fuss about acceptable standards of behaviour, his fall from grace might not have been so swift and calamitous. Show More Sentences With a swift nod Hope accepted this as correct and began to help Faith once more. Lazarus managed to block a blade as swift as a darting snake, disengaged, and went into a series of jabs to ward away his enemy. But his timid foray into critical thinking brings swift and severe punishment. This would seem reasonable, since in that direction lay the only territory open enough for swift attack by armor. As for getting swift action, our 30-year wait speaks for itself. A quick response by police resulted in the swift arrest of two youths. He says species threatened in the forest include the extremely rare Wielangta stag beetle, the swift parrot, Tasmania's wedge-tail eagle and the tiger quoll. With a swift movement he snapped the little journeyer's head. He sustained grave internal injuries and his swift recovery was put down to the rapid response of the Wiltshire Air Ambulance, which got him to intensive care without delay. The sharp and swift fall makes for a concise case study on the impact of reputation on a personal brand. The downturn in the technology sector put a swift end to IT recruitment trends characterised by inflated salaries and rampant job-hopping at all levels. Among the native birds, the whidah, weaverbirds, pigeon, sunbird, cuckoo, swift, heron, stork, pelican, and cormorant are some, which you would come across. Survival in these games depends on the swift reaction time by the players. And so swift was the imposition of the curfew that some foreigners were taken by surprise. The colonel responded with a swift kick that sent him sprawling. A swift low-pressure airstream takes some molecules from this boundary layer and reduces molecular impacts on that surface of the wing across which the airstream moves faster. She knew what the best angle of heel was for a swift passage. One swift knock to the head knocked the guy out, and we left. The outer acts are swift and urgent, transcendental but never religiose. Leave it to an Aussie to give American journalism a swift kick in its down under. Show More Sentences A swift and amicable settlement to this dispute is needed now. Then I went to meet brother Dan in Blackfriars for a swift couple of Red Stripes before legging it to Kings Cross to get the train to Biggleswade. But even in the new, expeditious blog-to-book world, the TIWYF deal was extremely swift. One minute you're in a sharp, spluttering, stony riffle, and then you're in a swift, frictionless, swirling run, or in a deep slow pool of long vowels and slow consonants. The Arien personality is pioneering, energetic, and swift acting, and the Aquarius inner nature is idealistic, blessed with great imagination, and is tuned to the future. In one swift move, my summer was suddenly looking a whole lot different. You can sleep for hours and then, with one swift maneuver, you again have a hairstyle. His fellow clansmen try to persuade him to join them for a swift saki or two but he always declines, earning him the nickname of The Twilight Samurai. Mencken believed that the human race would accomplish greater things if the halt and lame were left to themselves and the bright and swift took the bit between their teeth. Mostly unnavigable, many originate as swift highland streams, meander in valleys, and form coastal deltas. The honeymoon period came to a swift end when the legislation was introduced. But with the home side likewise unable to make the most of a period of first-half ascendancy, Villa were swift to make amends on the restart. They feared quick retaliation and swift retribution against the separatists. These conical teeth are used to catch swift prey such as fish, squid or large mammals, such as seal. They are swift fliers and skilled hunters who specialize in preying on small birds in the size range of sparrows to quail. Several additional swift victories led to Charles VII's coronation at Reims. The new emperor had to seek a swift acknowledgement of his status and authority to stabilize the political landscape. The invasion was swift, leading to the collapse of the Iraqi government and the military of Iraq in about three weeks. Men in shorts and navy Jacky Howe singlets were building a causeway across the spill of swift, shallow water. The unexpectedly swift defeat of France resulted in an upswing in Hitler's popularity and a strong upsurge in war fever. Show More Sentences The stripper's relative surface speed is slower than the swift's so the swift pulls the fibres from the stripper for additional straightening. The fancy and the swift are the only rollers in the carding process that actually touch. The slowly turning doffer removes the fibres from the swift and carries them to the fly comb where they are stripped from the doffer. A Coast Guard station oversees boating activity, especially in the swift tidal currents of the Merrimack River. Because of the steep slopes, the streams are swift and straight, with very few tributaries, and all flow in the same direction. Relatively long legs and sharp claws enable them to hold on to rocks in swift water. A mile further along he passes us, the horse, archnecked, reined back to a swift singlefoot. Then there was much mirth and banter over the swift sneakings for home of certain men carrying large portions of puarka. In Australia the swift parrots and in Hawaii the 'I'iwi honeycreepers have convergently evolved nectarivory, and coexist with honeyeaters. The showing made by this swift water bug so impressed the Admiralty that they took steps to turbanize the British navy. He had a whoopingly joyful time for several miles, with his swift thoroughbred racing just behind or at the side of the big Plains animal. But a birder understands that the swift flight of a rare breed trumps all. With a swift chop of its beak, the terror bird could have whomped its prey, a new fossil find confirms. The stripper, which turns at a higher speed than the worker, pulls fibres from the worker and passes them to the swift. As they are transferred to the swift, many of the fibres are straightened and laid into the swift's card cloth. A series of small steps toward an agenda would be less likely to be questioned than a large and swift change. The idea of a calm, swift Parliament foundered on the rocks of religious conflict. The key invention to their exploration was the outrigger canoe, which provided a swift and stable platform for carrying goods and people. They know they will face either a swift backlash or deafening silence. He's been harsh, too, reacting with the swift kick of a poison-pen reviewer when he doesn't like what he sees on his stage. Show More Sentences Although an armed carrack carried more firepower than a caravel, it was much less swift and less manoeuvrable, especially when loaded with cargo. He was campaigning against Metellus's apparent lack of swift action against Jugurtha. Osmunda swept a curtsey, that yellow hair falling cloudwise to her feet, then turned swift to disappear in the shadow of the turret stair. Anticipating a swift victory over Britain, the occupiers experimented by using a very gentle approach that set the theme for the next five years. The US advance was swift and by 8 August, Le Mans, the former headquarters of the German 7th Army, had been captured. You just don't steal a man's gun and not expect a swift kick in the jewels in return. Following the unexpected swift victory, Hitler promoted 12 generals to the rank of field marshal during the 1940 Field Marshal Ceremony. My informant seemed to look upon the swift as an uncanny bird, and called it by a name I had never heard before, devil-screecher. The swift move to the north bank prevented the Sixth Army from crossing the Ourcq but created a gap between the 1st and 2nd armies. Amazingly, Bradman averaged a hundred in every three innings he played, his footwork always swift and sure. North American birds the laughing gull, Franklin's gull and the chimney swift have also been spotted recently. Cabral sends Coelho's swift Anunciada ahead to Lisbon to announce their return, while the remainder rest and wait in Bezeguiche for the remaining two ships. The rebellion did not last long, however, as Charles's military response, with reinforcement from the Duke of Alba, was swift and humiliating to the rebels of Ghent. More swallows and sand martins have been spotted locally this week, with a few house martins among them, and the first swift over Anglesey's Llyn Llywenan on Monday. She walked into the waiting-room of the ferry, and up the stairs, and by a marvellous swift, little run, caught the ferry-boat that was just going out. The next phase is the amarg, or sung poetry, and then ammussu, a danced overture, tammust, an energetic song, aberdag, a dance, and finally the rhythmically swift tabbayt. Spain were provoked into a response and Villa almost provided a swift equaliser when he rounded Hart but found the angle too acute and could only hit the side-netting. Frustrated at his inability to catch up with his swift opponents, Yongle fell into a deep depression and then into illness, possibly owing to a series of minor strokes. Welsh nerves continued to jangle as Blake let a long ball bounce over his head and only Wayne Hennessey's swift advance from his line prevented Mirko Vucinic sneaking in. Rising softly and throwing my flashlight on the switch, I sought to light the bulb over my bed in order to choose and pocket some belongings for a swift, valiseless flight. Show More Sentences Their most cherished ambition thereafter is a swift, exciting falling-in-love, a rapid courtship, a sackful of sentimental sloppery and then, then marriage. Although the Axis victory was swift, bitter partisan warfare subsequently broke out against the Axis occupation of Yugoslavia, which continued until the end of the war. Relative to the surface speed of the swift, the worker turns quite slowly. The music for Messiah was completed in 24 days of swift composition. Serena's transformation from sexy executive to momzilla had been swift and ugly. The more involved she became with the children, the more she squeezed him out of their lives. Residents of Fukushima, 240 km north of Tokyo, overwhelmingly backed the zero option, with all but one of the 30 who were picked in a draw to speak backing a swift exit. One of the more successful of these ships was the Prince de Neufchatel, which once captured nine British prizes in swift succession in the English Channel. This instantaneous motion is supposed by you, to be infinitely swift. Los Merengues absorbed almost an hour of pressure from Barca at the Nou Camp before Zinedine Zidane put them ahead after a swift counter-attack sparked by Raul. Summer swallows swift to scatter, Fish wives fingers covered in batter, Blah blah blah twitter tweet chatter, What's the matter with matterless natter. Up in the canopy of the big eucalyptus swift parrots made a noisy start to the day and both green rosellas and black currawongs were Tasmanian endemic specialities. But Australian Rules Football, popularly known as ' Footy', hopes to make swift inroads into the Indian market, especially now with an Indian team on board. With routinization comes a swift loss of the freedom of self-expression. Later in 1944, Larsen's return trip was far more swift than his first. From a damaged European carbon market to a swift recovery In the past two years, CEOs have raised their concern about the losing credibility of the European carbon market. It was a swift, one-sided fight, all over in the second round. A swift stream is not heard in the channel, but upon shallows of gravel. Examples from Classical Literature No other birds except the chimney swift and the little brown creeper ever do this. With swift intelligence, she felt him to be no more a boulevardier than she was light. The reversals of fortune, O Cadi, are swift and grievous, and beyond the foreknowing or advertence of men. Seizing in his hand his club of heavy knotted oak, he seeks with swift pace the aery mountain steep. Even as she bowed, there came a swift realization that she was facing no anticlimax. He flung a swift glance at the man as he realized that his observation was apposite. Under great emotional excitement the auric flames move around in swift circling whirlpools, or else swirl away from a centre. Blake on the wing has a strange beauty, a swift, direct and strenuous flight that thrills and awes the imaginative spectator. One or two hurled their tomahawks, but Kiopo's movements were so bafflingly swift that it was like trying to wound the wind. The bank swallow and chimney swift are smaller and less conspicuous than the martin, less noisy but quite as useful. It was plain enough to my mind that a blue norther was breaking, with its swift drop in temperature and its possibly high wind. Indemnity, swift and condign, does what mortal hand can do to heal the hurt. Barb, BRB, n. a swift kind of horse, the breed of which came from Barbary in North Africa. Gazing, with a timid glance, On the brooklet's swift advance, On the river's broad expanse! Was it some one who had watched the swift, sure-footed spring of a bushy-tailed squirrel from branch to branch? The chimney swift is, properly speaking, not a swallow at all, though chimney swallow is its more popular name. They call him the chimney swift, because he flies so fast, and you must always give him his right name. A late writer in a newspaper tells a little story showing the affection of a chimney swift for her little one. The chimney swift is often called the chimney swallow, but it is very easy to tell one from a swallow. The eave swallow and barn swallow and the chimney swift all belie their names in the few wild haunts still uninvaded by man. Show More Sentences Simply because, like you, they recognize in this safe antiseptic a swift, effective enemy of sore throat and the common cold. It fell as lightning falls, swift, keen, dazzling the eyes of all who watched. To Bobby there was no logic at all in the denouement to this swift, exciting drama. Then saddleback, the bold and swift, walked openly toward the Sheep and barked a loud defiance. In the last style is the noticeable convent of San Marcos that stands isolated outside the town beside the swift blue-green river. We left the train at the dockside and boarded the swift Channel steamer moored there. Gunnar sees this and was swift to smite at the easterling, and cuts him asunder at the waist. In the swift way that only natives know about, eme Ete received news of it. To read of a noble deed brought swift tears to her eyes in these days of mutation, and stirred her to emulative dreams. At the place where this was noticed, however, the current was not exceptionally swift. The eyes of the lynx followed, with savage intentness, his swift and fishlike dartings beneath the water. In any case, he had not foreseen the swift bringing home of his connection. As we have seen, all four toes of the swift are forwardly directed and each is terminated by a sharp hook-like claw. Accidental dignities are when a planet is swift in motion, angular or in sextile aspect with Jupiter or Venus. The swift fighters are hangared on this side of the field, so you need not worry about having to steal a huge bomber. On the summit of a slope not far away they could see the figure of a skier, poised for a swift, downward flight. It represents the genius of instinct, swift, feral, and unethical. To my ear it is much more like the chippering of a chimney swift. On the wing the chimney swift looks like an athlete stripped for the race. The languid monotony of his sing-song changed to a swift, sharp clamor. Show More Sentences All sorts of ideas crossed the swift, cinematographic mind of the manager. There warn't nobody stirring anywhere, and the boat was slipping along, swift and steady, through the big water in the smoky moonlight. And then, as swift as light from a fixed star, the answer came to me. He discouraged all attacks by his swift and cool-headed defense. But Nemesis, swift and sudden, awaits the faithless Euphues. I am told that even now my eyes have a strange brightness, a swift alertness of movement. She did not heed his swift gesture in ripping back the buckskin vest. He makes a swift return on October 11 in Doncaster against a five-time French national savate champion. One swift glance had shown him there was no way of instant retreat. They told of an elemental tragedy, swift and cataclysmic in its action. They are good for a long journey, or a swift run, or a fantasia. Granton tried a couple of swift balls and faulted them both. She looked into his bloodshot eyes, and cast a swift glance at the decanter. Those light, swift fires, running about the country, seemed a part of the same kindling that was in the air. They are fluffy, cuddly, swift little creatures, tiny and quiet. Then there was a current of curses, a swift hissing of invective. Whom It quickens, let them darkle to extinction swift and sure. And always in their swift and deadly rushes to and fro the men screamed and yelled like maniacs. The collision had retarded our progress and now a hundred swift scouts were close upon us. A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down into the swift water twenty feet below. Show More Sentences He caught it on the second try, in those swift, dextrous tendrils. A for the sadhu himself, his movements were as swift and as goat-like. Systole, diastole, swift and ever swifter goes the Axe of Samson. Lying flat on the logs, keeping perfectly quiet, waiting till the minnows came close, we would make swift passes with our hands. The red monsters, in spite of their bulk, were disconcertingly swift. A swift muscular contortion made the left shoulder strike the ground first. For Eleanore had been swift to use my success to broaden both our lives. For many minutes the struggle between the light bubble in which they floated and the swift current was severe and doubtful. The one swift glance she had thrown at Miss Dwight told him as much. Again, aggie studied him with a swift glance of interrogation. The swift breeze seemed to Edna to bury the sting of it into the pores of her face and hands. Smuts not only has a keen sense of humor but is swift on the retort. He was interrupted by the swift swinging open of the hallway door. Love's young dream, I muses to myself, how swift it fades when a man has the nature and disposition of a lop-eared rabbit! I felt an abrupt easing of the schooner, a loss for the moment of all strain and pressure, coupled with a swift acceleration of speed. The Sawhorse wore wooden shoes to keep his wooden legs from wearing away, and he was strong and swift. It marked his adaptability, his capacity to adjust himself to changing conditions, the lack of which would have meant swift and terrible death. At first I took it for the wet roof of a house, but one flash following another showed it to be in swift rolling movement. Pathetic summer seeks by blazonry Of color to conceal her swift decrease. In a single swift motion he lifted his blowgun and placed it to his lips. Show More Sentences And there is merit in lower courts operating in sync with the Supreme Court in order to ensure swift and uniform justice. Still the flowing stream Sweeps on, but the swift torrents of green hours Are licked into the brazen skies between Their widening banks. But there came a time when the buck's ears lifted and tensed with swift eagerness for sound. All this I saw in the swift gallop down the hill to rejoin the brigadier. A swift sliding down into the old pre-Diaz brigandage is feared. Lady Arabella, be she woman or snake or devil, owned the ground she moved in, according to British law, and the law is jealous and swift to avenge wrongs done within its ken. There are even a few who are allowed to telephone their news directly to a swift linotype operator, who clicks it into type on his machine, without the scratch of a pencil. Why, he set off, as swift as the wind, straight down to the seashore, scampered across the sand, took an airy leap, and plunged right in among the foaming billows. A schooner, yawl, or cutter in charge of a capable man seems to handle herself as if endowed with the power of reasoning and the gift of swift execution. Immediate are the Acts of God, more swift Then time or motion, but to human ears Cannot without process of speech be told, So told as earthly notion can receave. For as the swift monster drags you deeper and deeper into the frantic shoal, you bid adieu to circumspect life and only exist in a delirious throb. On swift second thought, he sat down again, pressed the electric button, and, while waiting for the club steward, reread the headline and the brief five lines. What could have so suddenly transformed his matter-of-fact ascent of the giant bole to the swift and wary action of his detour among the branches? I will go over to Michael Cross, and engage him to come behind on his swift nag, and keep a bright lookout on the road, and warn us if any company of men come on. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of swift? Words that rhyme with swift What is the plural of swift? What is the adverb for swift? What is the adjective for swift? What is the noun for swift? Translations for swift Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words swiddens swiddening swidden SWF sweven Swett Swift SWIFT swifter swiftest Swiftian swiftie 5-letter Words Starting With s sw swi swif