QUICKLY in a Sentence

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She quickly brought order, dignity and grace into Gerald's household, and she gave Tara a beauty it had never had before.

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 Meanings and Examples of QUICKLY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
quickly
 ad.  rapidly; very soon
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He stood there a moment, breathing quickly, and looking up and down the street, in which not another figure moved.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  Denis laughed, and gave the horse a cut that brought him quickly abreast of her retreating figure.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
3  She stopped short, and he felt, in the darkness, that her face was lifted quickly to his.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
4  She waited while he seated himself with crossed legs in the front of the sled; then she crouched quickly down at his back and clasped her arms about him.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
5  She sat huddled in an arm-chair near the stove, and when I came in she turned her head quickly toward me, without the least corresponding movement of her body.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
6  She quickly brought order, dignity and grace into Gerald's household, and she gave Tara a beauty it had never had before.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
7  The languor of midday had taken hold of the gathering, but underneath lurked tempers that could rise to killing heights in a second and flare out as quickly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
8  Scarlett thought quickly but could remember no family in the County or Atlanta or Savannah by that name.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
9  "No," she said quickly, her eyes glinting up at him ominously.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
10  But she carried the child through its time with a minimum of discomfort, bore him with little distress and recovered so quickly that Mammy told her privately it was downright common--ladies should suffer more.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
11  So she turned quickly where Uncle Peter pointed and bowed.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
12  He was beside her quickly and his deft fingers untied the wide bow under her chin.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
13  Her eyes sought his face quickly and with joy, wondering if he meant that leaving her was breaking his heart, even as it was breaking hers.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
14  The thing that mattered was for the war to finish quickly and for Ashley to come home.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
15  Scarlett rose quickly, struggling with her anger.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  New cars depreciate in value quickly.
17  Video movie-making can quickly become addictive.
18  Once the vote was taken, things quieted down quickly.
19  In case of fire, walk quickly to the nearest door.
20  Western officials say the problem is minor, and should be quickly overcome.
21  The wind quickly dissipated the clouds.
22  The worker quickly cleared away the dirt that was choking up the chimney.
23  I quickly focused the camera on the children.
24  The National Cancer Institute now has a computerized system that can quickly provide information.
25  This herbal ointment will help to close up your wound quickly.
26  I glanced up quickly to see who had come in.
27  Evidence suggested that the AIDS virus was spreading very quickly among the heterosexual community.
28  It was a difficult concept to grasp , but Sam latched on very quickly.
29  They want to get the plan through Congress as quickly as possible.
30  This has made it necessary for agriculture and industry to develop very quickly.