Travelling at high speed he launched his bombs with what proved to be deadly precision, and disappeared into cover almost before the enemy had grasped his intentions.
An aeroplane travelling at a high speed, and pursuing an undulating or irregular trajectory is almost impossible to hit from the ground, as sighting is so extremely difficult.
Looking round, they observed three French aeroplanes soaring around and above them at high speed.
In some quarters it was maintained that as a result the machine would even prove unsuited to military operations, inasmuch as high speed is the primary factor in these.
Wings of this type can never be used on an airplane which is intended to travel at high speed.
For the airplane can only remain in the air while it keeps going at high speed.
On the other hand it offers little "head resistance" and so permits a high speed.
For a great many years they were nearly all perch coaches, as it was pretty well the universal opinion that under-spring coaches were not so steady or well calculated for heavy loads and high speed.
But the motorist should not "jump at conclusions" and assume that the float is improperly set the moment the carburetor begins to flood or the motor appears to "starve" at high speed.
When the motor seems to starve at high speed, and it is evident that there is sufficient gasoline in the tank, the union should be disconnected at the point where the feed pipe joins the carburetor.
Be sure to have room for the ropes to swing out at high speed, with no trees or buildings in the way.
The sleds are made fast in a string to the long end of the sweep, which when turned rapidly causes the sleds to slide over the ice in a circle at a high speed.
The heat from a small gas stove will furnish steam fast enough to run the engine at high speed.
E 38" dived at full speed to attack, but could not get within range of the leading squadron, which was composed of battle-cruisers and destroyers, and which was zigzagging at high speed.
As far back as 1912 our submarines were practising attacks on destroyers zigzagging at high speed, and were diving in any waters, and generally reproducing war conditions as far as possible.
Tom, and without stopping to explain what he meant, he handed the binoculars back to Ned and began to guide the Hawk down toward the earth at high speed.
Don't get to going too fast in high speed, Harry, or you may have nightmare.
This simple wind-motor is particularly safe in a storm, because on attaining a high speed it merely "smashes" the water in the tank.
For ocean greyhounds carrying mails and passengers the prime necessity of high speed has to a large extent obliterated any such separating line between waste and economy.
Inasmuch as a high speed of rotation is to be maintained, the pitch of the screw in the water is set so as to offer but slight opposition to the water at each turn.
Vessels for this purpose do not need to be of great tonnage nor of high speed.
Page 32 shows a high speed, sea-keeping, fleet submarine of the "Lake" type.
Bushnell's model was not suited to high speed, but high speed was not essential in the days of the sailing ship.
But the effects of friction require a higher ratio when the power is greatly multiplied, as in the case of high speed.
An ordinary engine working at a slow and easy rate, will not require one tenth the repairs necessary if it were working up to a high power and accomplishing a high speed.
Every effort is now made to reduce, as much as possible, not only the extent of movement of the parts in high speed machines, but the weight of the parts themselves.
The conical tail is fitted to prevent loss with eddies behind the flat end of the boss, and is particularly valuable with the screws of high speed ships.
I once saw a really good runner turn three somersaults while nose-driving down a steep slope at high speed in soft snow.
His turns are done at a high speed on all but very steep ground.
A first-class runner is supposed to be able to run at high speed, using turns without falling.
High speed steel is one of the most complex alloys known.
Shortly a man-o'-war sloop appears in sight and passes north at high speed, steering towards the position we are avoiding.
We are steaming at high speed to make the most of the smooth sea.
Without hesitation, he steamed off at high speedto eastward.
All at once the enemy, at high speed, shoots by, apparently, quite close to the Emden.
At high speed, without smoke, with lights out, we steered into the mouth of the channel.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "high speed" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
