Staggering as if struck by lightning, he lost his balance and tumbled over the parapet; the noose was at his neck; it ran up with his weight tight as a bow-string and swift as the arrow it speeds.
Edwin was staggered by the swift turn of the conversation.
The Tagnos were mounted on mules, already jaded, while most of the troopers rode good and swift horses.
The Dead These hearts were woven of human joys and cares, Washed marvellously with sorrow, swift to mirth.
There is nothing so extravagant in Rabelais, or so satirically humorous in Swift or Voltaire.
Yet no one stands so well with the under-writers," said Dickens; a pun that Swift would have envied.
Doctor Swift would have been one, and Mr. Prior, whom we had among us as public minister, and who enjoyed a similar reputation in England to that of La Fontaine among ourselves.
The swift and terrible change that went over Sylvia's face sent a thrust of horror through him.
Equally impossible would it be, we fear, to convey the attitude struck, in sudden and swift transition, by him who uttered it.
Remember, this is no swift death--no beheading at one blow--as you have seen.
The murderous punishment of Simple Simon followed swift and cruel.
But my advice is: let's attend the mass tomorrow morning, then take tea and have a pair of swift little horses hitched to a pony cart, and then go together.
Only the Bora disturbs their retail trade; for the swift current through the Iron Gate drives the rowing-boats toward the southern shore.
In Hungary, where summer follows immediately on winter, these swift changes are common.
She saw a boy, swift and straight as an arrow, a boy who seemed to stand tiptoe with eagerness, who had the grace and strength of a Greek runner and the smooth skin and gentle mouth of a girl.
Barrington, on entering, cast one swift look in her direction and realized that the end was not yet.
When he picked himself up and looked out into the garden she had disappeared--all he heard was the running of her swiftfeet growing fainter and fainter.
Of Bavaria the margrave / thereupon replied: "Our enemies now seek we, / and swiftupon them ride.
Twas cause full soon that many / were doomedswift death in fight to find.
With speed he passed the portal / where Hagen yet did stand, And swift his sword he flourished / and smote him with his doughty hand.
If then in any country / hath wrong to you been done, He'll help you by his valor / vengeance swift to wreak.
For his slain brother Else / vengeance thought to take, But soon with all his followers / 'mid havoc swift retreat must make.
The messengers swift hasted / homeward on their way, And soon again came Gere / to the land of Burgundy.
Swift flew the sword and fiercely / swung by each hero's hand.
Now thyself mayst see How flooded are the waters, / and swift the current flows.
Four knights beyond a thousand / were come into the house; The light from sword-blades glinted, / swift swung with mighty souse.
So swift the blow he dealt him, / the meadow did resound.
If Hank and Spangler caught him, their vengeance would beswift and terrible.
These splendid birds, helpless after their terrible plunge over the cataract, were dashed against the ice bridge by the swift current, amid cakes of loose ice which were constantly coming down from the upper river.
I did a little with him, on the side, but the pace was too swift for my nerve.
There was a crashing of brush up the slope, growing louder by swift degrees.
Is there a boy who has not longed to possess one of these swift little machines that scud about the roads everywhere throughout the United States?
We looked down with eager eyes upon itsswift flood of chocolate-colored water, half as broad as the Missouri--twice as deep and impetuous.
The river here is about sixty yards wide, and pours with a swift current troubled by innumerable fallen rocks.
Though on the banks of a swift river, the works are run by steam, which can be depended upon for steady service, and on which winter makes no impression.
Hither was carried by the swift waters the mingled dust and pebbles of primeval granite, volcanic overflows and sedimentary sands, lime, and argillaceous rock.
It was not quite dark, therefore, when all this had disappeared, and our train ran in a swift straight course across an open and level, though by no means smooth plain.
What was it you saw that made your breathing cease, and the blood chill in your heart with swift terror?
The lookers on averred afterwards that it was as good as watching a yacht turn the lightship, to see the rolling skill with which the Senor veered away toward the gate, stumbled across the stony bottom, and dashed into the swift river.
Past these we roll slowly out upon the longest bridge in the state--950 feet--spanning the swift yellow flood of the Grand river just above where the Gunnison enters, and find ourselves at Grand Junction.
The track, as he rushes ahead, seems bodily to sink deeper and deeper into the earth, as though the apparent progress forward only resulted in impotent struggles to keep from sinking deeper, like an exhausted swimmer in swift waters.
Cattle grazed in the meadows, ricks of hay stood by the side of low-roofed cabins, and narrow valleys came down from the northern mountains to join the one along which we kept the swift and even tenor of our way.
Instead, we must turn back, make a swift run down the Arkansas, and begin our exploration of the great overland route to Utah and the Pacific coast.
He opened it carelessly, but after a swift glance at the few lines which it contained, his face brightened.
He looked up, gave one swift glance at her blushing face, then, with an incoherent cry of delight, caught her in his arms.
Luckily, he was an expert swimmer; and aided by the stream, which was as swift as a mill-race, he soon managed to get within reach of Lady Merivale.
Crossing the sound was a swift revenue cutter, and one of the seamen, under direction from Mr. Mudge, leaped upon a bowlder and began to signal, semaphore fashion.
In moments the interior of the Solarite became a scene of swiftpurposeful activity.
It was small compared with the great machine that had just brought them east, but of the same swift type.
But now the little ships were in swift darting motion.
The swiftagitation for action had met with terrific resistance.
Below, those pale red rays were taking a swift toll of the little ships, and nearly twenty of them rolled suddenly over, and dashed to destruction far below.
As one, a dozen swift beams of pale red flared out from the giant and bathed the pigmy craft.
One point of light now moved across the motionless field of far-off suns, flashing toward the airport in a long, swift curve.
How are we gainers when all's done, If Life's swift clepsydra have run With wine for water?
Dean Swift "died at the top;" his head Had drifting clouds when wit had fled: Dull care lurked in his brain, instead Of blowing out in smoke.
Paul and Meredith were swift skaters and soon outstripped Don, but just as they came near the log which was the goal, Paul's skate loosened and he fell down on the ice.
The air was warm enough to be comfortable, and the river looked wonderful with the swift current pouring down the center and huge blocks of ice floating up against the banks or being whirled into the stream by suction of the current.
It was clear that Lambert's only chance was a swift back-stroke at Fairfax, and Monk determined to anticipate the intelligence he hourly expected.
On the eve of its accomplishment the long-wished-for settlement was in desperate peril of wreck, and calm and swift as ever the old soldier set to work single-handed to thwart the designs of the two most renowned diplomatists in Europe.
Brave barked and howled furiously, and acted as if he wished very much to accompany them; but the swift hounds would have distanced him in a moment.
He was very swift of foot, and there seemed to be no limit to his endurance, but, in running through the bushes, the 'coon had decidedly the advantage.
And the flight was a swift one, since it took five miles before an expert cyclist could overtake them.
Again a swift change passed over the heavy, unshaven face.
Cathcart Wason] Mr. Wason adheres pretty closely to the neighbourhood of C sharp, and combines with a swift utterance an earnest demeanour and a total absence of hesitation.
He would not do this if he did not see that the boy had some swift means of escape.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "swift" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
