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Example sentences for "rocketing"

Lexicographically close words:
rockers; rockery; rockes; rocket; rocketed; rockets; rockey; rockfish; rockie; rocking
  1. In the middle of the chasm, for the further torment of the waters, was jammed a huge black rock, against which the incoming green avalanche dashed itself to fragments and went rocketing into the air.

  2. Jeanne went rocketing across the floor in that wildest of all gypsy dances.

  3. Oddly enough, the very next tune chosen by the musician was one of those wild, rocketing gypsy dance tunes that Jeanne had ever found irresistible.

  4. Then he ran down to the street level, cranked the gray roadster and sprang in to send the car rocketing westward.

  5. Smith sent the gray car rocketing down into the swale, brought it to a stand with a thrust of the brakes, and jumped out.

  6. Up in the sky, rocketing past Higher than high, faster than fast, Out into space, into the sun Look at her go when we give her the gun.

  7. The Polaris, rocketing through space at full space speed, plunged like a silver bullet through the vastness of the black void, heading for what Strong hoped to be the Lady Venus.

  8. The Lady Venus, rocketing through the inky blackness, a dull red glow from her three remaining rockets, blasted steadily ahead to the planet that was crisscrossed with wide spacious canals.

  9. In a matter of seconds the four spacemen were rocketing over the jungle toward the Polaris.

  10. Paying scant attention to the crush of sudden acceleration, Tom gave the ship all the power she could take for the climb out of Tara's atmosphere, and soon they were rocketing through the airless void of space.

  11. As he spoke, Tom watched the master screen of his scanner and saw the ship rocketing closer and closer with no change in speed or course.

  12. Even among his own kind he was unique; for no man in Cro-Magnon history could use his nose the way the beasts used theirs, no man who could travel among the trees with the rocketing agility of little Nobar, the monkey.

  13. Instantly the creature put on an added burst of speed, rocketing through the branches in dizzying bounds that threatened to tear away Dylara's none too certain hold.

  14. Just four minutes later Lieutenant Sweeney, of the American Volunteer Group in China, sent his P-Forty rocketing down the length of the level patch of Burmese ground.

  15. Two Vultees came ripping out of the opening as he went rocketing down, but he didn’t waste any time dropping his nose more and bringing them into his forward gun sights.

  16. With a savage nod for emphasis, Dawson sent the attack bomber rocketing back toward the short chain of green and brown islands sticking up out of the blue water.

  17. A thousand thoughts, that seemed to scorch like fire, went rocketing through her brain.

  18. Meantime, Suvy was rocketing madly all over the place.

  19. There were too many unanswered questions rocketing around in his brain.

  20. The rocketing ship had appeared over one observation station near Lake Ontario.

  21. One zanph, propelled by all the vigor of its six legs, rose like a rocketing pheasant and clamped its jaws across his left arm.

  22. Instinctively he slapped her wrist with his palm as she hurtled past, jerked his legs up and was carried off by the rocketing roan.

  23. Something moved at the far end of the valley, a brown and silver speck that swiftly became a horse and rider, rocketing toward him.

  24. Wade tore loose a giant boulder and sent it rocketing into the heavens.

  25. The observations were extremely difficult because the ship was rocketing around the star in such a rapid orbit.

  26. Soon the ship was rocketing smoothly over them.

  27. They watched the great rollers thundering on the beach beyond the spit, rocketing their white spume high into the grim black sky, and lashing over at times into the lake.

  28. The flying crests of the outer waves came rocketing over in wild white splashes.

  29. It was not easy, now, to prevent yielding to the watchful voices ever whispering to him, wakened by Dorothy Meade, refired by the rocketing affair with Louise, and now restirred by Jane herself.

  30. Boulders of ore, a broken wagon, old cross-ties were pulled out and sent bounding into the seventyfoot gulley, each starting a rocketing train of pebbles and rocks after it.

  31. Without another word, they opened the hatch and made their way quickly through the rocketing ship, each going to their separate stations, according to the prearranged plan.

  32. Astro poured on the power without waiting for an order from the control deck and soon they were rocketing into the safety of space.

  33. In nothing flat they were in the pits and rocketing their ships across the field.

  34. It came, and they gunned their engines together and went rocketing forward.

  35. There he wheeled around into the wind, waited a moment or so for Freddy and Air Marshal Manners to come forward and join him, but when they didn't he opened up the throttles wide and sent the American built plane rocketing forward.

  36. One hand gripping the Dep wheel, and the other gripping the bomb release toggles, he sent the Catalina rocketing down lower and lower, straight through a sea of bursting, roaring flame that rose up from the guns of the raider and the U-boats.

  37. The instant it came up level and was rocketing forward at terrific speed he yanked back a brace of bomb release toggles.

  38. Rocketing through the asteroid belt with the Titan pay roll, the three space cadets, under strict orders to maintain communications silence, were unaware that Bull Coxine had outsmarted Captain Strong.

  39. Coxine snapped an order into the intercom and a moment later Tom saw the jet boats on the scanner, rocketing down to the surface of the small satellite.

  40. Then, gaining speed, it began rocketing away from the Earth.

  41. It was that for which Dave fervently prayed and hoped, as he went rocketing upward.

  42. One of the other Messerschmitt pilots, apparently rocketing his plane earthward in terror, plowed straight into the parachute silk of his Luftwaffe comrade.

  43. I tell you, if you could have seen young Winton that night, and old Blackey rocketing around, you'd have reckoned yourself you were dead.

  44. With a roar of the motor and a flirt of its tail, Tim sent the Lark rocketing into the eastern sky on its errand of mercy while the great presses in the News building uptown were even then grinding out the story of his daring attempt.

  45. The same prayer was in the minds of both and whether it was an answer or flyer's luck, the clouds lightened a few minutes later and during a lull in the storm, Ralph sent the plane rocketing downward.

  46. In place of the regular mail plane, his own trim, fast little craft was rocketing eastward with dummy sacks of mail.


  47. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rocketing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.