Sped

Examples

• Plain and hill, stream and corn-field, were discernible below, while we unimpeded sped on swift and secure, as a wild swan in his spring-tide flight. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• On sped my rainbow, fast as light; I flew as in a dream; For glorious rose upon my sight That child of Shower and Gleam. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The rope sped with singing whir high above the heads of the blacks. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• But the hour sped on and Selden did not come. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Tarzan waited no longer, but leaping into the branches of the trees sped rapidly through the forest. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Caroline sped like levelled shaft from bent bow; after her rang a jesting, gibing laugh. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Amidst this hush the quartet sped; he replaced the watch, laid the picture down, rose, and stood on the hearth. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Simultaneously the little boat spun around and shot out toward the Gulf Stream like an agitated and very erratic rocket, flinging great sheets of spray high into the air as it sped. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Tarzan swung himself to the trees once more, and with swift noiselessness sped along high above the trail. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• And how I sped in it is all I have left to tell. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• They walked in; and Sissy, having set two chairs for them, sped away with a quick light step. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Out shot the arm, and the spear sped toward Kala. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• We conjectured, notwithstanding what we had heard, that we should find Raymond in St. Stephen's: thither we sped. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.

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