One of the most remarkable features in his career is the rapid succession with which he produced the text books of mathematical formulæ which bear his name.
Shipping and shipbuilding are especially conspicuous for their steady and rapid development.
I was very nervous and much afraid, and wrought so hard and was so ably superintended by my mother that I made rapid progress, and was put from one class to another with delightful rapidity.
These sects are strong in numbers in some parts of the district, and, if God should give us some of these men as converts, we might hope for rapid progress among their companions.
In this brief and rapidmanner James Gilmour sketched, with not a few most characteristic touches, the first twenty-six years of his life.
But none who were present will forget the rapid way in which he secured the attention of his hearers, and the ease with which he held it to the close.
Thus Paul became the pupil of Van Zwaanenberg, and made rapid progress in the elementary parts of his profession.
In rapid succession he engaged and captured the garrisons of Jackson, Humboldt, Trenton, and Spring Creek, with large supplies of arms and food.
After this fight the enemy made no further effort to hold us in check, but gave all his thought and energy to a rapid retreat back to Memphis.
Then he strung out our thin line as far as possible, so that the enemy’s line would not overlap us, and we marched boldly up to the opening and began a rapid fire with our rifles.
The retreat of the Union column from our attack was sorapid that it ran over Lyon’s skirmish line and captured it.
Joe Wheeler, he made a rapid advance on Murfreesboro, Tenn.
But that was wanting, and in panic fear that the Greeks would destroy the bridge over the Hellespont, he ordered his fleet to hasten there to guard it, and put his army in rapid retreat for the safe Asiatic shores.
The rowers dashed their ready oars into the water, shot forward with rapid speed, and passed safely through, only losing the ornaments at the stern of their ship.
Bem possessed military genius of a high order; he was bold and rapid in his decisions, fertile in resources, whether to take advantage of a victory or to retrieve a defeat.
Free from the aristocratic prejudices of the Old World, the rapid development of social prosperity in the United States was a spectacle which he could not contemplate with indifference.
In the evening, as we stood on the noble bridge that spans the rapid Elbe, a summer-house crowning one of the distant vine-clad hills, was pointed out to us as belonging to him whom we so much desired to know.
The author has aimed to present a practical system of Geography, unconnected with subjects not pertaining to the science, in a manner adapted to facilitate the rapid progress of the pupil.
The spirit of nationality, veneration of the Union, was a growth, and, after it had fairly begun, a rapid growth.
There was another great factor in the rapid manufacture of Union sentiment at the North that had practically no existence at the South.
If that utility resulted from the design, which may reasonably be expected, it would of course extend to other great towns, as the private Soup Establishments have done, and the condition of the poor would undergo a rapid change.
I thought the old hunter had made rapid time on our way up, but now I saw what he really meant by "making tracks.
Swinging along at a rapid step on the ties I soon reached the outskirts of the huge stacks of lumber; I must have walked half a mile between two yellow walls.
Then the rapid beat of hard hoofs on the trail was followed by several shots from the hillside.
David and his six hundred saved themselves by a rapid flight, and, as it would appear, by breaking up into detachments.
Then follows, with another abrupt turn, a vehement cry to God to judge his cause; his own individual case melts into the thought of a world-wide judgment, which is painted with grand power with three or four broad rapid strokes.
Seven o'clock struck; and the signs of domestic life began to show themselves in morerapid succession.
Bluff and Jerry were running, the former carrying the needed rope, while in the rear Jed could be heard urging the horse at a rapid rate down the incline.
Three shots in rapid order would bring the quartet back in double-quick time.
In consequence of the interest which it has created, a great variety of works, from the simple catechism to the elaborate treatise, have appeared in rapid succession.
The constant washing of the western shore causes rapid encroachments, and it is only a question of time when it will reach the high lands.
She brushed the dust from her eyes, and her advancement in every branch of industry can be seen in her rapid growth.
Then followed the rapid snapping of pistols, and soon the bellow of the old brass escopetas denoted that the guards had mustered, and that there was an organized resistance to the revolt.
So rapid was his gait, encumbered though he was, that she kept him in view with difficulty.
Then they fired three rifles in rapid succession and listened anxiously, but only the rolling, bursting echoes of the woods answered them.
He learned also that a bark had been seen far out at sea, and that, like a bird of prey, a royal vessel had pursued, overtaken and devoured this poor little bird which was flying with rapid wings.
Her steps were rapid and agitated; she scarcely felt the weakness which reminded her of having sprained her foot when very young, and which obliged her to limp slightly.
These reflections, rapid as lightning, simultaneous with visual perception, D'Artagnan had already forgotten when he descended the first steps of the staircase.
All at once they heard the rapid approach of a horse's steps, and at first believed it to be one of those singular repercussions which deceive the ear at every turn in a road.
But that which might have appeared motionless to the ordinary eyes was moving at a quick rate to the experienced eye of the sailor; that which appeared stationary on the ocean was cutting a rapid way through it.
Our captain of musketeers, a man of sure and rapid observation, took it all in at a glance; but having run over the groups, his eye rested on a man in front of him.
But the gentleman drew his sword, and used it in such an astonishingly rapid manner, that we neither of us could get near him.
I drew the party off by a rugged pathway that leads round the sources of the Darro; crossed the Genil below Guejar; and, by a rapid march, gained Huelma that same night, ere the news of our exploit had well reached Granada.
The temptation was irresistible, and a rapid counter-march on Alhendin was determined on that very night.
His brother was so weakened by the now rapid progress of his own malady, that, for two days, he had hardly passed into this room, and had gone early to bed.
French agriculture has made rapid strides within twenty years: they procure and disperse improved machinery: in the breed of their sheep they pay attention to the quality of the fleece.
We made our remarks on the confluence of the Seine and Marne: the latter is by far the more rapid river of the two, and, though not quite so broad, seems to bear along a greater quantity of water.
The poets and poetesses of the AEgean Islands cultivated a rapid and effusive style, polishing their passionate stanzas so exquisitely that they well deserve the name of charms.
So rapid was the evolution of intelligence at Athens that during a single generation his tragedies became, we will not say old-fashioned, but archaic.
It is better to bring together in rapid succession those passages of the Iliad which display the character of Achilles under the double aspect of anger and love.
His progress was particularlyrapid in ancient languages, eloquence, and poetry.
Eager for knowledge, Philip, under the tuition of George Simler, made rapid progress in science, and especially in the study of Greek, for which he had a real passion.
How could this critical examination have kindled that fire of enthusiasm which is essential to great, and, above all, to rapid revolutions?
Before he had finished the first line of his epilogue, most of his public would be housed in the rapid transit cars.
The rapid current of the river soon brings our flotilla opposite Vivier, whose Gothic cathedral bathes its feet in the Rhône.
It is true that the development of our material civilization through the surprisingly rapid advance of scientific discovery is a thing which engages attention to a very great degree.
Then come numbers and with numbers a rapid complication of the social life of the school.
Rapid transportation and rapid communication between the tropic and temperate regions will rob the former of many terrors.
An examination of the observed positions at various times showed that the star had a more rapid proper motion than any other yet known.
He fumbled in his pocket for a pencil, picked the volume up, and drew a rapid sketch upon the open page.
I have a great love for these trifles," said she, though her action seemed to belie her words, for she tossed and rattled them hither and thither upon the tray with rapid jerks of her fingers which would have made a virtuoso shiver.
But or ever he could reply, Ilga broke in with an air of flurry, and calling to Lord Culverton, who was approaching, engaged him in a rapid conversation.
And as these men were called to the front, and only as they were there at all, was there any rapid advance.
For though my conscience was refitting, and ready to knock about again, after carrying too much sail, I could not find it in my heart to give the mother of a rapid family nothing but lies to feed upon.
For the dignity of my demeanour, and the nobility of my uniform, also the snowiness of my hair, combined to defeat the unerring quickness of his rapid and yet cold eyes.
The boat would have sunk in the very midst of the rapid and icy river.
I never hear of a man's impatience without sagely reflecting upon the rapid flight of time, when age draws on, and business thickens, and all the glory of this world must soon be left behind us.
Hammock and all must have gone afloat, with therapid rise of the spring, except for Colonel Lougher's foresight.
Quacks began, from the old drake first, and then from the rest of the company, and a racing after one another, and a rapid gambolling.
For with us the sun is better, and the air moves less in creases, and the sea has more of rapid gaiety in breaking.
By this time the rapid darkness fell, and we fought by the light of our own guns.
The box of the mail-coach is become my throne, from which I occasionally assume the reins of government, and direct four rapid steeds with great skill.
My road lay at first through fertile fields, between the lake and the foot of the mountains; sometimes crossed by a sudden defile or glen, and by rapid brooks hurrying to the sea.
As I was dressed early, and after a rapid breakfast was going to set out, I discovered, not without a disagreeable surprise, that my purse and pocket-book were missing.
I sought the most untracked ways in the wildest mountain country on the land side, frequently fording the rapid stream, and revelling in the most beautiful and striking scenery.
They cover a space of more than three-quarters of a mile in circumference, and exhibit, although in rapid decay, many traces of great and singular magnificence.
The Dee, a rapid stream, winds through the green valley in a thousand fantastic bendings overhung with thick underwood.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rapid" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
