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    swift


    1. as the sting of the swift falls away


    2. "We shall have all eternity in which to celebrate our victories, but we have only one swift hour before the sunset in which to win them


    3. With swift, gaping dispassion she lowers her head,


    4. At the mention of the emergence of a White, the Dragons reactions were swift


    5. They were low and swift with thin hulls, each with three to six rowers, shaded by a canopy


    6. Suzanne looked blank, and a swift glance to Cordra showed her staring at the ceiling, but I knew her mind raced to determine where I would go with that left-field conversation start


    7. returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the


    8. attack, when it came, was swift and violent


    9. Markham rather formally congratulated the ranks for their swift and


    10. With a swift kick to Johnson’s hand

    11. Billy almost trips over him, and is only stopped from crying out in surprise by the swift movement of Alex's hand across his mouth


    12. to invite swift retribution


    13. confident that justice would be firm and swift on both


    14. With a swift kick, Andrew knocked the wooden door off its hinges, supposing that he could always go back and fix it once the crisis was averted


    15. I will be a swift witness against the


    16. The answer was as swift as it was certain


    17. But before he could say another word, Gemini launched a swift and skillful kick towards his head


    18. Back in London, Defoe was saddened by a severe criticism of him by a contemporary Irish writer, Jonathan Swift


    19. swift prod in the abdomen, and a muffled cry from James,


    20. The pace of Jean’s group continued to be swift over the

    21. He took a couple seconds for a swift kiss which she didn't really return and then she was racing off to jump the streetcar


    22. I noticed two swans across the river Avon dipping their heads in the swift flowing river obviously combing the water weed for insects


    23. With a swift kick, she toppled the legs to the earth where they thrashed about in an attempt to stand


    24. Swift row my mates, and shoot along the sea;


    25. At first glance, that would not seem to be the case at all here, since the poor, helpless Galloping Gopher could not live in peace much of the time due to the constant threat and her subsequent fear of being attacked and devoured by the swift and sharp-toothed Crafty Coyote


    26. You see, he’s got these tremendous claws called talons that are so incredibly sharp and strong that many times with a swift grasping and clamping he can not only crush the skull of his victim (ouch!) but also knead its body (ouch again!), thereby giving it a first-round knockout blow (with no ten-count) and simultaneously preparing it for a soon-to-be scrumptious munching down (yum!)


    27. The sword at his side was but a swift grab away and knowing that a few of his comrades were within earshot, he was not overly worried


    28. One swift move by any one of the former Snow Elves and their lives would likely be done


    29. Danny felt as though he was as swift as light


    30. He was much too swift for pursuit

    31. His swift and targeted movements rendered him as deadly a foe for the monstrous marching armies of the Dominion as anyone bearing the Legion standards could hope for


    32. With one swift intention Danny left Thinking Stone, and the Sapient Realm, far behind


    33. Raiya’s death, however, was not guaranteed to be a swift one


    34. ” He managed alright at first doing his fatigues but having to rush off all the time but we could see that he was getting worse and that’s the trouble with dysentery its progress is very swift


    35. Swift, that in the arithmetic of the customs, two and two, instead of making four, make sometimes only one, holds perfectly true with regard to such heavy duties, which never could have been imposed, had not the mercantile system taught us, in many cases, to employ taxation as an instrument, not of revenue, but of monopoly


    36. The still calm was suddenly disturbed by a swift breeze


    37. swift as the dark!” he shouted in my ear


    38. only two other whalers, the Richmond and the Cornelia Swift, both Yankee whalers


    39. In June she was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a swift and deadly brain tumor


    40. Close by were two other whaleships, the Jireh Swift and the Sophia Thornton, both of New Bedford

    41. He booted his mount into a swift gallop as horns began to sound behind him


    42. to the Milo using their own boats, and the Jireh Swift was set on fire


    43. necessities they needed and waited until the Shenandoah was out of sight and below the horizon while it was chasing the Jireh Swift


    44. The day after the Shenandoah had captured the Jireh Swift, Captain Waddell took a northeastward course toward St


    45. On board with Captain Hawes, Jessie, the children, and the Milo crew were the paroled prisoners from six burned vessels, Abigail, William Thompson, Sophia Thornton, Euphrates, Jireh Swift, and Susan Abigail, along with four whaling masters and one merchant master


    46. Captains Smith of the William Thompson, Tucker of the Sophia Thornton, Hathaway of the Euphrates, Williams of the Jireh Swift, and Redfield of the Susan Abigail, spelled out in detail their experiences with the Shenandoah up to June 23


    47. Ship William Thompson , Captain Smith of New Bedford Ship Sophia Thornton , Captain Tucker of New Bedford Barque Jireh Swift , Captain Williams of New Bedford It continued with coverage of the destruction at Ponape Island


    48. ‘That will not be acceptable,’ he was swift to reply


    49. Jonathan Swift, Irish born noted satirist of early eighteenth century England


    50. ’ Another swift reply ‘I'm glad to see your powers of perception are improving














































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    Synonyms for "swift"

    blue-belly sceloporus occidentalis swift western fence lizard dean swift jonathan swift gustavus franklin swift fleet zealous ready alert prompt quick speedy rapid fast expeditious abrupt unexpected headlong

    "swift" definitions

    United States meat-packer who began the use of refrigerated railroad cars (1839-1903)


    an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745)


    a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight


    common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks


    moving very fast