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UK
/spɹˈɪnt/
]
[ US /ˈspɹɪnt/ ]
[ US /ˈspɹɪnt/ ]
VERB
- run very fast, usually for a short distance
NOUN
- a quick run
How To Use sprint In A Sentence
- I sprinted through brambles and thorned blackberry bushes and pushed my way past overgrown, waist-high swordfern.
- He'd missed the acres of newsprint and hours of broadcasts. Times, Sunday Times
- Browne's time in the 60m sprint equalled his best performance this year, which has him ranked in the top 10 nationally.
- The tension has been telling on both sides as campaign strategists struggle to identify potential winning themes, not to mention winning voters, in their headlong sprint to the finish.
- As the boats moved into the final sprint China had firmly secured number two position and was going after Poland.
- Afterward the rider returns the maintenance station to refuel in abundance carries on the final sprint.
- They're the sprinters, he says, whereas malamutes are sloggers, which were used in days of yore for hauling heavy freight.
- Think of it as a repeated uphill sprint requiring constant firing of the gluteal muscles. Times, Sunday Times
- She stood up and elbowed him in the back before turning on her heel and sprinting for the stairs.
- But don't forget that some short, very fast sprints are needed for anaerobic conditioning.