SPEED in a Sentence

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For SPEED, below is one of 235 sentences:
If you're a busy person, looking to meet several potential mates at the same event, speed dating could be for you.

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 Meanings and Examples of SPEED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
speed
 n.  full rate of motion
 v.  move quickly
Classic Sentence: (163 in 11 pages)
1  Every moment she expected to hear the pounding of his horse's hooves and see him come charging up the hill at his usual breakneck speed.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
2  Gerald O'Hara was coming home across country and at top speed.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
3  When she thought of the dull times of the past year, with the days going by one very much like another, life seemed to have quickened to an incredible speed.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
4  Spurred to speed, Prissy hurried toward the back of the house while Scarlett scratched a hasty note on the margin of Gerald's last letter to her--the only bit of paper in the house.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
5  She sat upright and gave Prissy a push to speed her feet.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
6  With all the speed the horse could summon, they jolted and bounced across Marietta Street.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
7  And again, they loomed large, rushing at her with lightning speed.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
8  As she drew near the path that led down through the bare trees into the creek bottom where the Shantytown settlement was, she clucked to the horse to quicken his speed.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
9  And if you give a lazy darky a couple of licks to speed him up, you'll hear the Yankees scream from here to Dalton and you'll end up in jail.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVII
10  Panic stricken at Rhett's message, mad for speed, Scarlett almost screamed at every halt.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXI
11  Then, as it lowered its speed near Yonkers, she rose from her seat and drifted slowly down the carriage.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 2
12  It bumped through the factory belt, gained speed.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
13  So that with ease he elevates it in the air, and invariably does so when going at his utmost speed.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 61. Stubb Kills a Whale.
14  But the fagged whale abated his speed, and blindly altering his course, went round the stern of the ship towing the two boats after him, so that they performed a complete circuit.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 73. Stubb and Flask Kill a Right Whale; and Then ...
15  Aware of their danger, they were going all abreast with great speed straight before the wind, rubbing their flanks as closely as so many spans of horses in harness.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 81. The Pequod Meets The Virgin.
Example Sentence: (72 in 5 pages)
16  This new design will offer undreamed-of levels of comfort, safety and speed.
17  The new speed limit does not solve the problem, but it is a step in the right direction.
18  Slow down - you're breaking the speed limit.
19  It isn't always easy for the police to enforce speed limits.
20  If you're a busy person, looking to meet several potential mates at the same event, speed dating could be for you.
21  As the boat picked up speed, the coastline receded into the distance until finally it became invisible.
22  The force of friction affects the speed at which spacecraft can re-enter the earth's atmosphere.
23  We should accelerate our research in atomic power generation and speed up the building of atomic power plants.
24  The speed with which digital cameras can take, process and transmit an image is phenomenal.
25  For such creatures, speed is not important - indeed it is counterproductive.
26  Running a kitchen involves a great deal of discipline and speed.
27  He reduced speed and turned sharp left.
28  It is a racing machine, designed purely for speed.
29  The country girl stood by the road, mesmerized at the speed of cars racing past.
30  On the descents, cyclists spin past cars, freewheeling downhill at tremendous speed.