swift

How To Use swift In A Sentence

• The right back found himself in unfamiliar territory in the opposing penalty area after a swift exchange of passes that opened up Reading's defence. Times, Sunday Times
• After squinting in an attempt to discern a couple of features to make the object recognizable, he began walking swiftly towards it.
• They drew swords, and fought fiercely, cussing and insulting each other as swiftly as they threw blows.
• The decision to escalate UN involvement has been taken in the hopes of a swift end to the hostilities.
• Finding the swiftest pursuer close upon his heels, he threw off, first his blanket, then his silver-laced coat and belt of peag, by which his enemies knew him to be Canonchet, and redoubled the eagerness of pursuit. The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon
• If you want my opinion, it's a bastard of a game - swift, bold and beautiful.
• Everything could have been normalized quite swiftly. Inside Perestroika: The Future of the Soviet Economy
• So far, so good, so much more credible—and spoiled only slightly by the blandishment that those that fail should present plans for recapitalization "as swiftly as possible. Is This the End of the Beginning for the Euro Crisis?
• They had divers arsenals, or piratic harbors, as likewise watch towers and beacons, all along the sea-coast; and fleets were here received that were well manned with the finest mariners, and well served with the expertest pilots, and composed of swift sailing and light-built vessels adapted for their special purpose. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans
• Transport aircraft carrying supplies kept the German columns moving swiftly, and finally relentless bombing helped to force Warsaw into submission.