SWIFTNESS in a Sentence

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1. Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
2. Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
3. He rose to his feet in one swift movement.
4. On high the great white clouds slid swiftly.
5. The White House was swift to deny the rumours.

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 Meanings and Examples of SWIFTNESS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
swiftness
 n.  state or quality of being swift; speed; rapid motion; quickness; celerity
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Almost simultaneously, with a mighty volition of ungraduated, instantaneous swiftness, the White Whale darted through the weltering sea.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 135. The Chase.—Third Day.
2  In the center of the little island, a few short and stunted pines had found root, forming a thicket, into which Hawkeye darted with the swiftness of a deer, followed by the active Duncan.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
3  In this manner many minutes flew by with the swiftness of thought; the rifles of the assailants speaking, at times, in rattling volleys, and at others in occasional, scattering shots.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 8
4  His proposal was received with acclamations, and executed with the swiftness of thought.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11
5  The rush and blows passed with the fury of a whirlwind, and the swiftness of lightning.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 12
6  The more abject of the two victims continued motionless; but the other bounded from the place at the cry, with the activity and swiftness of a deer.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 23
7  Turning like a headed deer, he shot, with the swiftness of an arrow, through a pillar of forked flame, and passing the whole multitude harmless, he appeared on the opposite side of the clearing.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 23
8  I was like a wild beast that had broken the toils, destroying the objects that obstructed me and ranging through the wood with a stag-like swiftness.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
9  I sank to the ground, and my injurer, with increased swiftness, escaped into the wood.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
10  In a few moments I saw him in his boat, which shot across the waters with an arrowy swiftness and was soon lost amidst the waves.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
11  I rushed towards the window, and drawing a pistol from my bosom, fired; but he eluded me, leaped from his station, and running with the swiftness of lightning, plunged into the lake.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
12  The lawyer, with a swiftness that could never have been expected of him, opened his hands, caught the moth, and resumed his former attitude.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 5
13  The foremost clouds, lowering and black as soot-laden smoke, rushed with extraordinary swiftness over the sky.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 8: Chapter 17
14  He had heard of the swiftness of Ilagin's borzois, and in that beautiful bitch saw a rival to his own Milka.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VI
15  Suddenly she sat up with unaccustomed swiftness, glanced vacantly around her, and seeing Natasha began to press her daughter's head with all her strength.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER II
Example Sentence: (20 in 2 pages)
1  I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, or the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.
2  Silent in bare feet, he swiftly crossed the cold marble floor, sliding into bed just as the door creaked open.
3  His comeback appearances with other clubs were swiftly curtailed by his drinking, which continued after his second wife left him and after his liver transplant.
4  If Ralph drops his second tray of drinks this week, the manager swiftly would relegate him to a minor post cleaning up behind the bar.
5  Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said he would act swiftly but methodically to carry out the plan.
6  The police must be able to react swiftly in an emergency.
7  On high the great white clouds slid swiftly.
8  He changed direction swiftly, turned into the hallway and headed her off.
9  The local police took swift action against the squatters.
10  Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
11  The White House was swift to deny the rumours.
12  Our task is to challenge the UN to make a swift decision.
13  Be swift to hear, slow to speak.
14  He rose to his feet in one swift movement.
15  The Inter player was swift to respond with a counter-attack.