How To Use Hurtle In A Sentence

Xmas hurtles at us like a skateboarding troll trundling downhill - it's big, impressive, but to be viewed with a certain trepidation by those in its path. Toys R Us - Military Sword & Sorcery is coming ("#### Harry Potter! Daddy, where's my axe?")
She threw down the book and hurtled the bobbin of thread across the room.
It hurtles through two hours of spellbinding dialogue. It makes an untellable story clear and fascinating.
By now, a type of free-style declamation known as ‘recitative’ (literally ‘speech-song’) was being used to hurtle the drama forward.
The horses hurtled past, manes streaming behind them.

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Motorists gave way as the convoy hurtled past and three motorway toll booths raised their barriers to let the cars speed through. Times, Sunday Times
Even grown dogs might hurtle him backward or sideways with the impact of their heavy bodies; and backward or sideways he would go, in the air or sliding on the ground, but always with his legs under him and his feet downward to the mother earth. The Outcast
Gavin seems happier than I've ever seen him in Bachelor world, where he lives the life of supermodel Sultan, wooing compliant, star-stuck ladies in deserted theme parks, providing them with burlesque ie stripping classes, going on excursions to clifftop picnics where shrieking fillies are made to hurtle across the cliffs by Tarzan slide, clinging round his powerful torso. The Bachelor: Grace Dent's TV OD
Valery conveys a sense of the viewer's charged state and the imminent darkness in his exclamatory tones, alternating lines with choppy rhythms with those that hurtle towards their close.
As well as his own private, career torpedoer herself, Special Agent Ellie Shurtleff. Lifeguard
Once again he saw himself, as if in a nightmare, watching impotently as the bizarre charabanc of facts and conjecture hurtled on its predestined course. She Closed Her Eyes
Olivia hurtles from one scene to the next in the service of the plot, and we never get to really learn anything about her or what her job as "liason" is supposed to be, except that she loves John and does not love rapists. Pink Raygun - News, Reviews and Interviews for Fangirls...and boys
MARK SHURTLEFF, UTAH ATTORNEY GENERAL: Their religious belief is that they are to, what they call bleed the beast, the beast being the government. CNN Transcript May 11, 2006
Racing appears the most absurd outgrowth of our fascination with the car: drivers hurtle around in circles, at the limits of adhesion.
Or will she leave her archenemy trapped in the bus as it hurtles into the quarry below? The Sun
ski-basing" - a combination of skiing and Base jumping in which you hurtle off the top of a mountain on skis, release them in mid-air and sail down the mountainside in a "wingsuit" like a flying squirrel, before finally deploying a parachute - which claimed his life last year: Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
Cars and lorries hurtle past him on roads that have no pavements, often coming within inches of knocking him into oblivion. Times, Sunday Times
Instead it is a springboard upon which to hurtle back downwards at approaching the speed of light. Times, Sunday Times
She saw the cars hurtle past carelessly, the rubber wheels splashing in the wide puddles.
We bounced off the jagged edge of the tarmac and hurtled through dust. Indian Balm - Travels in the Southern Subcontinent
On the day that mushers from around the world met in Anchorage for the 1150-mile ‘last great race on Earth’, some friends and I hurtled for 15 miles across the Norwegian mountains, feeling very brave indeed.
As she said her name aloud, a bolt of lightening hurtled towards the earth and struck it with a loud boom.
The situation is not helped by motorists stuck in traffic jams seeing bicycles hurtle past. Times, Sunday Times
As technology hurtles forward, we must think back to that legacy.
Outside, the traffic hurtles by but the vast number of shrubs and trees lining the courtyard absorb the sound and look spectacular in their autumnal foliage.
Carlos was already outside and ready to go when I hurtled out of the front door, and within a few minutes we were through the gates and heading down Semaphore Hill's winding road … an earlier post (actually, probably several of them) that any bird with the word 'ant' in its name is likely to be a very good one: antbird, antwren, ant-thrush, all of them difficult to see, often stunningly well-marked, and unknown outside of Central and South America. 10,000 Birds
Motorists gave way as the convoy hurtled past and three motorway toll booths raised their barriers to let the cars speed through. Times, Sunday Times
Auber's Manon Lescaut reworks Prévost's novel about the nymphet who hurtles to self-destruction when love comes into conflict with her yearning for the high life, which can only be purchased with her body.
It really is a miracle of engineering that anything so huge, so luxurious, so fantastically adapted to the health and comfort of human beings, should be able to "hurtle" (pardon the word) through space. Podkayne Of Mars
At the wheel of his Jaguar, still dressed in pyjamas, Gordon hurtled down the A12. The creation of Brown-man
It has become one of more than 20,000 items of space junk whose unstable low orbits mean they will one day hurtle back to the surface. Times, Sunday Times
We had a grandstand view as bikes and cars hurtled past, and did we get our money's worth. Times, Sunday Times
His motorboat hurtled along the river.
Like millions of others in the affluent West, I have spent much of the last month glued to the box, watching as the world hurtled out of control.
Four missiles hurtled out of the rear missile launchers toward the pirate ship advancing from the rear. Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » JM’s Review Forum
For a long while, long after the creature had hurtled away in shearing splinters of radiance, he sat there, legs folded under him in the blaze of 118-degree heat, thinking alternately: This is working, and I am losing my mind. The Silence
Cars and lorries hurtle past him on roads that have no pavements, often coming within inches of knocking him into oblivion. Times, Sunday Times
Inserting Lancashire on a showery day which began 10 minutes late and had 38 overs shorn from it, Warwickshire's pace bowlers gave the ball every opportunity to swing and remained on the attack even when Lancashire hurtled to 63 for one in a dozen overs before lunch. Lancashire v Warwickshire | County Championship match report
Sharing power may be the only way to ensure that the democratization trend continues, even as Pakistan first hurtles to the bottom of the J-curve of unrest and confusion from the upcoming tainted elections before heading back up to the sweet air of democracy over time. Shuja Nawaz: The J-Curve Effect in Pakistani Politics
The driver gave a single safety instruction "Hold on tight, you're going to get wet", then hurtled down a canyon at high speed, leaning the boat perilously—unbelievably, and exhilaratingly—close to the cliff walls. High-Flying Adventure
A plane hurtled to the east.
It has become one of more than 20,000 items of space junk whose unstable low orbits mean they will one day hurtle back to the surface. Times, Sunday Times
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Marcus hurtled his cordless phone across the living room of his condo unit after Hannah hung up on him.
And as I hurtled round the corner, I ran smack bang into them and fell.
As ever we hurtle onwards, like that old film clip showing the London-to-Brighton journey in four minutes.
Now, with issue #10, things are racing towards a dramatic conclusion as the events of the past 9 issues hurtle the crew towards what is now know as the “cylon apocalypse” (as seen in the re-imagined mini-series) and the reasons for the decommissioning of the Galactica are about to be revealed! Dynamite Sneak Peek: Battlestar Galactica: Season Zero #10 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News
They speed down one narrow side street, turn abruptly, then hurtle down another, but these maneuvers are not enough for them to elude her pursuers; she can see their headlights in the side-view mirrors, vanishing as they round a corner, only to reappear a split second later. William and Kate
The news hurtled around the web, UFO chat rooms buzzed with excitement. Times, Sunday Times
Still calling to Williams for a more precise location, Adams hurtled through Pine Ridge village at high speed.
He hurtled his empty gun at my face.
Soon after, riot police hurtled into the protests and forced the crowd to run. Protests continue in Arab world
Cars and vans hurtle through narrow lanes and high streets. Times, Sunday Times
It was a new experience being pummelled and shaken at the same time, as the train hurtled along. Times, Sunday Times
MARK SHURTLEFF, UTAH ATTORNEY GENERAL: Their religious belief is that they are to what they call bleed the beast, the beast being the government. CNN Transcript Jun 29, 2006
[Palin] stands for a genuine movement: a dwindling white nonurban America that is aflame with grievances and awash in self-pity as the country hurtles into the 21st century and leaves it behind," New York Times 7/11/09 Patrick Sauer: An Interview With Nick Reding, Author of Methland
To stand on the footbridges that straddle the Run and look up the ice as riders on toboggans hurtle head-first beneath your feet at speeds of 120 km/h or better is to be awed by the boundlessness of human folly.
It hurtled through a void, an immense cathedral of black pitch, specked with faint pinpoints of light whose pale luminosity underscored the darkness that shrouded them.
Both merlins repeatedly hurtled past with rapid wingbeats.
To stand on the footbridges that straddle the Run and look up the ice as riders on toboggans hurtle head-first beneath your feet at speeds of 120 km/h or better is to be awed by the boundlessness of human folly.
It hurtled through a void, an immense cathedral of black pitch, specked with faint pinpoints of light whose pale luminosity underscored the darkness that shrouded them.
Most fatal accidents in Delhi occur in the small hours, when fast cars driven by young, wealthy and often drunk men hurtle across the city. Delhi's traffic chaos has a character of its own | Jason Burke
The situation is not helped by motorists stuck in traffic jams seeing bicycles hurtle past. Times, Sunday Times
It was so interesting we had to hurtle back to change in time for the dance. Sand In My Shoes: Wartime Diaries of a WAAF
Still calling to Williams for a more precise location, Adams hurtled through Pine Ridge village at high speed.
None of the 181 people aboard were hurt as the jetliner hurtled off the strip in Jackson Hole and hit a three-foot snow embankment. Pilots, Mechanical Problems Faulted in American Air Mishap
The road was little-trafficked, though cars tended to hurtle past at alarming speeds.
Their blood up, the Jacobites, most of them armed with small round shields, known as targes, and double-edged broadswords, hurtled down the slope.
We had a grandstand view as bikes and cars hurtled past, and did we get our money's worth. Times, Sunday Times
Over Great End, Skiddaw and Blencathra it hurtled, sending cat's-paws racing across the lakes of Bassenthwaite, Derwentwater, Windermere, Coniston Water and fjord-like Ullswater. Country diary: Lake District
A woman today told how she feared for her life while walking on a pavement - when a 4ft long plank of wood hurtled towards her after being blown off a tractor trailer.
The current quickens and the kayak begins to hurtle towards the tongue of smooth water.
It accelerated like one of those old twentieth century water-speed record breakers and hurtled over the water!
He leapt from his chair and hurtled around the desk, pausing only for a second at the door to strap on his gun and a broadsword.
There's a roar and a billowing cloud of dust as the silver off-roader pulls into the drive and hurtles straight at me, scattering pebbles.
It is set to hurtle into the Australian Outback. The Sun
Firefighters change en route, as they bowl down the Byres Road or hurtle along the motorway.
The dancers hurtled feverishly in a circle, then pressed outward into two parallel lines, trisecting the original diagonal pathway.
You then hurtle down the wires, 50ft above the lush vegetation in a harness. The Sun
As the swarm of go-karts completes its final warm-up lap and hurtles across the starting line, the race is on.
Shimoyo hurtled towards the mirror-like surface of the lake in an out-of-control earthward plunge.
Eckels is hurtled back to a primeval jungle to bag the biggest of game, the Tyrannosaurus rex, with the added charge that he must not disturb any other part of the natural world, lest he upset the delicate time-space continuum.
When I mention how scary it must be to hurtle along roads at speed she looks at me with the merest whiff of contempt. Times, Sunday Times
With one mighty throw, he hurtled the mirror piece into the rift, which glowed for a couple of seconds and then cleared.
Knocked out during the cataclysm, he unwittingly hurtles 800,000 years further into the future.
I hurtle past people carrying bags of shopping going uphill; the gradient is so steep I fear they will graze their noses on the tarmac.
However, the Stikibakplastik defenders were equal to this, as the telephone directories hurtled earthwards inside the castle they sent out squads of soldiers to catch the directories in green boxes and bins, which they later put out for recycling, thereby rendering Ethelbert's plan useless. Archive 2009-03-01
It was a new experience being pummelled and shaken at the same time, as the train hurtled along. Times, Sunday Times
If they fail they hurtle across hay bales into giant crash mats. Times, Sunday Times
They tell me we were happy, holding each other onto the sledge as it hurtled down into the fog and white voided fields.
When I mention how scary it must be to hurtle along roads at speed she looks at me with the merest whiff of contempt. Times, Sunday Times
The experienced 77-year-old had lost control as the wind dropped and hurtled into the rockface. The Sun
One thing is certain, just as the demon possessed Gadarene swine hurtled to their doom, these two sorry excuses for churches will do likewise, all the while congratulating themselves on their prophetic insight as they sink into the abyss. Heading over the cliff together « Anglican Samizdat
A dusty Combi hurtled down the winding mountain roads of Peru, jampacked with 10 backpackers and their gear. Leora Novick: Peruvian New Years: Feliz Anos!
We had a grandstand view as bikes and cars hurtled past, and did we get our money's worth. Times, Sunday Times
A police car responding to a 999 call hurtled into a railway bridge in the Black Country, smashing an overhead bridge and injuring the driver. Express & Star
The news hurtled around the web, UFO chat rooms buzzed with excitement. Times, Sunday Times
Apart from that, I see that it was originated and manufactured by Fred Hurtley & Son in Keighley, Yorkshire, where you'd have thought they'd have been a bit more no-nonsense about it. Product Support
Our next hurtle is getting H. Res 111 out of the Rules committee. Dooley, James E.
Take mountain bikes up on ski lifts and hurtle back down, or ride easier special trails. Times, Sunday Times
The van hurtled round the corner.
Bodies hurtle, armor clanks, force fields spark, vortexes swirl, oceans roil, warriors freeze and defrost, and none of it conveys a scintilla of feeling. 'Thor': A Vehicle of Low Norsepower
It was so interesting we had to hurtle back to change in time for the dance. Sand In My Shoes: Wartime Diaries of a WAAF
The experienced 77-year-old had lost control as the wind dropped and hurtled into the rockface. The Sun
Tansini's approach is the antithesis of Parry's, replacing measured inexorability with a sequence of flurried, furtive conversations that hurtle into the stuff of nightmare.
His father was operating on a cat in the room below when he saw his son hurtle to the ground.
`Holden, we remain trapped in this ridiculous padded box which hurtles ever more deeply into the untracked void! ANTI-ICE
An arctic hare the size of a collie hurtled toward me.
Firecracker, already in his pajamas, took a running leap and hurtled into us.
Using a monoski and specially designed chair she is able to hurtle down the mountain at speeds she would never have been able to achieve when able-bodied. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph
Instead it is a springboard upon which to hurtle back downwards at approaching the speed of light. Times, Sunday Times
The bus hurtled by, spraying a mucky puddle over my shoes.
Even the name Icarus, with its origin in the Greek myth of a boy who flew to great heights (brilliance) but then came too close to the sun (madness) and hurtled to his death, has a literary cast. Listening to Madness
We had a grandstand view as bikes and cars hurtled past, and did we get our money's worth. Times, Sunday Times
Sir Palomides pight his pensel in midst of the field; and then they hurtled together with their spears as it were thunder, and either smote other to the earth. Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table
And when they had stricken so together long, then they left their strokes, and foined at their breaths and visors; and when they saw that that might not prevail them, then they hurtled together like rams to bear either other down. Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table
Cars and vans hurtle through narrow lanes and high streets. Times, Sunday Times
The coin twirled up toward the sky, hurtled down, and landed with a smack on the referee’s palm. Kiss & Break Up
I brought Ron round -- that took a while -- and we were dashing up to the owlery to contact Dumbledore when we met him in the entrance hall -- he already knew -- he just said, 'Harry's gone after him, hasn't he?' and hurtled off to the third floor. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Flameless -- motionless -- hurtless -- the fine arrow; unplumed, unpoisoned, and unbarbed; aimless -- shall we say also, readers young and old, travelling or abiding? Our Fathers Have Told Us Part I. The Bible of Amiens
The cars hurtled by
The heavy block hurtled through the air, smashing Dorety's head like an egg-shell and hurtling on and back and forth as the staysail whipped and slatted in the wind. MAKE WESTING
Beyond the slip road was a vast junction of roads where cars and trucks hurtled along totally oblivious to our presence.
The two young protagonists are from politically active families on opposite sides of the divide, but are childhood friends and hurtle to a tragic conclusion. January Books 17) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
Sir Palomides pight his pensel in midst of the field; and then they hurtled together with their spears as it were thunder, and either smote other to the earth. Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table
Take mountain bikes up on ski lifts and hurtle back down, or ride easier special trails. Times, Sunday Times
HAINES: You know, we'll be kind of hurtled in the center of the house, you know, with our pets and all and our supplies that we feel safer here than on the road. CNN Transcript Sep 23, 2005
In the first few pages, however, there are intriguing hints that this book might be about to hurtle surreally into the territory of magical realism.
His motorboat hurtled along the river.
At one point, our group was taken to a bountiful restaurant where young waiters dressed in colorful cowboy outfits hurtled to and fro. Nikolas Kozloff: Part III: What Is the Brazilian Brand?
At the wheel of his Jaguar, still dressed in pyjamas, Gordon hurtled down the A12. The creation of Brown-man
The baseball, spinning between mass and momentum, hurtled through a space implied by the convergence of multiple dimensions that intertwine in the substructures of the visible but which are otherwise unrelated and brought it to a momentary resolution that was almost perceptible when the film was slowed down and the line of the throw and spinning of the ball became continua that stretched across the frame. A Short Film About Baseball
The dive boat hurtled at the swell, outboard motors bellowing, the white-knuckled skipper see-sawing the throttle, the rest of us staring transfixed at the crackling green breakers on the bow.
MARK SHURTLEFF, UTAH ATTORNEY GENERAL: Their religious belief is that they are to -- what they call bleed the beast, the beast being the government. CNN Transcript May 10, 2006
Know 100,000 hastiness, loosen to likewise no longer speak more, turn round then luck ascend light finishing, hurtle quickly and amenable.
Motorists gave way as the convoy hurtled past and three motorway toll booths raised their barriers to let the cars speed through. Times, Sunday Times
So, the question is, how much more is this desperate-to-stay-in-business "news" publication going to pander to the haters and the far-right crazies as we hurtle through the mid-term sprint? Michael Shaw: Reading the Pictures: Newsweek's Making of a Muslim* President

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