The former was rather the fleeter of the two, but the stanchness of Snowball nothing could exceed.
Generally speaking, they have all the strength and endurance which is necessary to ensure their killing their game, and are much fleeter than their diminutive size would indicate.
Fleeter than the streamers fly, When they flit athwart the sky, Went and came the rosy dye On the cheeks of Jessie.
But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly space between.
Youth after youth came and raced against her, but Atalanta, who grew fleeter and fleeter of foot, left each one of them far behind her.
Not fleeter thy own current, hurrying thee, Rolls down to the great sea.
The easy contours of soothing sounds created in the air seem to resemble the lazy swell of the sea; while fleeter though less sustained noises may be compared to jumpy waves caused by a smart breeze.
As our horses became fleeter, and the country more cultivated and smoother, fleeter fox-hounds were desired and produced, but probably without any one distinctly foreseeing what they would become.
Will a race-horse ever be reared fleeter than Eclipse?
Say thou wilt course, thy gray-hounds are as swift As breathed Stags: I fleeterthen the Roe 2.
We have come-- Fleeter than horses, swifter than men, To carry your messages, a million times ten.
The latter was much the fleeter of foot, and it made him desperate to observe what seemed the sluggish movements of his guide.
Allomaug was a brave chief; he was the father of my brother Deerfoot, who is fleeter of foot than the wild buck.
Black as the bear on Iskardoo; Savage at heart as a tiger chained; Fleeter than hawk that ever flew, Never a Muslim could ride him reined.
His belly is stuffed with the fire and the wind, But a fleetersteed had Runjeet Dehu!
The ostrich, hurrying o'er the desert space, Scarce bore those tossing plumes with fleeter pace.
Lead forth thy band to skirmish, by mountain and by mead, On thy dappled Moorish barb, or thy fleeter border steed.
The crushed grass looked like green blood, but there was no other evidence of slaughter; the mustangs had been fleeter than the cattle.
Were the frightened mustangs fleeter of foot than those maddened brutes?
A better or a fleeter never yet was in the stables of Zenobia.
Than mine, there is not a fleeter in the whole East.
Say thou wilt course; thy greyhounds are as swift As breathed stags; ay, fleeter than the roe.
But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between.
His voice, when his ire was kindled, was like the sound of deep thunder, and his vengeance fleeter than the lightning.
The horse was fleeter than the elephant, Which thus the chase gave up, but still the youth Undaunted neared the beast a second time, And hurled with all his might a jav'lin, which Pierced deep the temple.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "fleeter" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
