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Example sentences for "speeding"

Lexicographically close words:
speedie; speedier; speediest; speedilie; speedily; speedometer; speeds; speedster; speedy; speel
  1. The warriors go speeding away eastward toward the Platte.

  2. Three minutes and, dripping wet but safe, they were scrambling up the south bank and speeding away over the bounding turf with the baffled pursuers still two miles behind.

  3. He lifted his tragic face and gazed up at the storm-wrack speeding overhead.

  4. Who knoweth wherefore a monsoon should swell the sails of the prosperous, Blithely speeding on their course the children of good luck?

  5. Swift from the scene of one great triumph he was speeding to another.

  6. No rising now and speeding those few yards.

  7. Why, great mistrust of heart about their speeding well; especially, if Joseph did but answer them roughly, calling them spies, and questioning their truth and the like.

  8. But this not speeding of him so soon as he desired, he took the same razor and therewith cut his own throat.

  9. The striking of the quarter on the church clock was borne to her on the light wind; she heard a rumble and caught a glimpse through the young foliage of the white panelled carriages of a train speeding to Weymouth.

  10. She had little time to dwell on this matter, as, in a very few moments, Mrs Hamilton was again beside Mavis, and they were speeding up Oxford Street.

  11. For the term of his twilight diligence is near at hand; and for not much longer shall we watch him speeding up the street and, at measured intervals, knocking another luminous hole into the dusk.

  12. We have been speeding it up a bit lately,” observed Jerry in a reflective tone.

  13. So back they turned for the second time, and, following the directions, they took the road to the left, speeding along as fast as they dared.

  14. Come along,” said Jerry, who was at the wheel; and they were soon speeding in the direction of Fairview.

  15. The automobile was brought out of the professor’s garage, where it was kept, and in it the four were soon speeding toward Fairview.

  16. They saw the speeding roadster leave the highway and plunge down the bank, turning over and pinning the driver underneath.

  17. I was speeding up to the Hold to tell 'em, sir.

  18. Rupert, speeding after the horse and his rider.

  19. Mrs. Chattaway, in accents of intense pain, arresting her son as he was speeding away.

  20. A thought crossed him that George Ryle's horse might have got loose, and be speeding home riderless, at his own will and pleasure.

  21. That lady lost no time in speeding to the Hold.

  22. In very astonishment, Mr. Apperley loosed his hold of the boy, who went speeding off in the direction of Barbrook.

  23. In the meantime, the superintendent-detective himself was speeding northward upon the famous road that in bygone days had conducted the Roman legions to the strong fortified posts upon the frontier of Wales.

  24. Mary came speeding home by the first train after receipt of the telegraphic message, and arrived at the Cottage on the afternoon of the following day.

  25. He felt a pleasant sense of intimacy as the door shut, and they were alone together speeding through the darkened park.

  26. Here was the bark, cutting through the water at a spanking rate; there the larger galleon, speeding after her under press of sail, and two other vessels equally large coming up from the south.

  27. Half of the Spaniards were on the ground; the survivors broke and scattered, some speeding towards the copse, forgetful that their first check had come from thence.

  28. The excitement of the previous hours was followed by utter blankness; Gerald was speeding to Liverpool, and she was still in London.

  29. She thought of Gerald packing his things, getting off, of the train speeding through the summer country.

  30. It was well on in the night when we got into New Orleans, but we enjoyed the quiet of the Sunday, even on our speeding train.

  31. We had left the great Atlantic behind us, and we were speeding on rapidly to the shores of the Pacific.

  32. De Vere assented readily, telephoned to the Belmont not to keep lunch waiting for him, and in a moment was speeding up the magnificent Riverside Drive towards Mr. Overgold's home.

  33. Speeding Up Business We were sitting at our editorial desk in our inner room, quietly writing up our week's poetry, when a stranger looked in upon us.

  34. In the next, the lady was speeding with her long stride down the path to the gate; the clergyman had staggered into a hall chair, a succession of sounds, something between sobs and hiccoughs, issuing from his throat.

  35. Looking across the mile of rugged country to where the northern stream wound its way, they saw a small sailboat speeding to the eastward, the moderate breeze causing it to careen far to one side.

  36. The American had pushed the tiller sharply round, and the boat was speeding diagonally for the bank.

  37. There was a slight jar as of something landing on the speeding conveyor.

  38. In his mounting anger Hilary had paid no attention to the scattering of people occupying the cushioned chairs of the speeding conveyor.

  39. At last he snapped back to their present situation: the dead guard at their feet, the dismembered body of Amos Peabody, the cowed groups of Earthmen on the speeding conveyors, keeping respectful distances.

  40. After cleaning away all signs of camping, the scouts climbed into the cars which were soon speeding along.

  41. Many kilometres are traversed before that patch grows larger,--more still, before we have curved and dropped at last down to its level and are speeding along on a straight line toward the village.

  42. He believed in his Pyrenees; he believed in their future, and set himself to speeding it with all his heart.

  43. At last, and with real regret, we have reached our destination; Bagnères de Bigorre is before us, and we are speeding into its streets.

  44. The little world of people speeding across the deep from shore to shore, is bound together closely for a few days, and then, its inhabitants scatter.

  45. She was happy to know that her father was so well and that Chester was speeding to her.

  46. He hurried out to his auto, and was soon speeding back over the road on which he had come.

  47. We were sitting on our piazza when we heard the cry, and I saw the car speeding away.

  48. In a second the whole affair, in all its bearings, went speeding before the eye of his imagination like the rapid unrolling of a panorama.

  49. But at that hour, Sidney Wyeth was on a train that was speeding southward into Dixie.

  50. She was raised and then felt her body speeding through space.

  51. She sat in the rear of the car that was now speeding into the business section.


  52. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "speeding" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    acceleration; advance; advancement; clarification; easing; expedition; furtherance; promotion; quickening; simplification; streamlining