Achilles speeds ahead, and in a mere second he has caught up to where the tortoise was. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Sweet sadness filled the room as man and wife and babe faded like the morning mist, only the music lingering behind to speed her on her way. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But you still had to have the Moon orbiting around the Earth, and you still needed epicycles to explain why the planets seem to slow down and speed up in their orbits. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

A woman at the table enthuses about greyhound racing, the speed, the charge she feels watching it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I ran for my life, at full speed, like I was sprinting down the sideline of an endless soccer field. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sped down a quiet stretch of road where huge trees loomed over us. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I was stronger, and my speed picked up with this new level of training. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He could not be certain he was not in the shipping lane, but he knew he was drifting at the same speed as every other gill-netter fishing these fogbound waters. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Though the horse was still goofing off and pulling tricks in his workouts, his speed was excellent. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

How did she not have the Gravedigger on speed dial? Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

At the shipping channel, the foghorn sounded again, as the boat came around to the west and picked up more speed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have a stick or an oar to propel the raft, but the rotted thing jerked into motion by itself, floating slowly at first, then picking up speed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The car gained speed, and Roza had to grip the door handle to keep from sliding in her seat. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I also think speed is no longer his desire. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The word home jolts me like a speed bump. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He’d changed buses three times and was now speeding home on the last leg of his trip. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The biplane, heavy-burdened, lumbered over uneven ground, trying to gather speed. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even at the speed of light, it would take seven hours to get to Pluto. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

For all the pain it caused, the loyalty oath finally did speed up the relocation program. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The deacons sped to their tasks and asked us to go into a room and talk with a man “chosen and anointed of God.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Similarly, the past of P can be defined as the set of all events from which it is possible to reach the event P traveling at or below the speed of light. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, the demons sped up in excitement and swarmed something that looked like a beached carcass on the river-bank. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Roulette wheels spun behind Lefty’s eyes as he sped toward the West Side. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Ten minutes later they had wrenched their way through the boarded-up doors and were in the car, speeding toward the highway. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The man behind the counter flips and assembles burgers at lightning speed, catering to the few but anxious stragglers. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

We run full speed down the lane, with dogs chasing and chickens squawking as they fly out of our way. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The men walking him try to speed him up, but he stays his pace. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He would laugh,” Tree-ear said, surprising himself with the speed of his response. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

We reached the town of Porthmadog twenty minutes later, the train’s whistle blowing as we sped down the main street toward the station. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Madam Hooch’s back was turned, and though Gryffindors below shouted in anger, by the time she looked around, Harper had already sped off. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

On the first level, he put enemies of speed: wild dogs, cheetahs, hummingbirds. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

To him, speed games were like playground basketball or street stickball: trash-talking was definitely allowed. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Delilah speeds toward the store, staying far away from the curb, ignoring the catcall from a balding man with a large gym bag, and rushing past two boys with one bike. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Next night, a black car speeds past the gateway of our church, machine gun blazing. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Currently, the Department was being sued by a stockbroker who had been pulled over and then chewed out by a correction officer for speeding, Testo told us, sounding tired. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The systematic enslavement of Africans, and the rearing of their children under bondage, emerged with all deliberate speed—quickened by events such as Bacon’s Rebellion. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The trouble is my heart speeds up when I’m looking at the ground rushing by. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Now I can’t tell if folks have slowed down or I just sped up. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

She bares her teeth at me and lunges forward at full speed, her fist raised. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Once in a while the Hard Tack speed reappeared. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since saber is all about speed and explosive energy, feeling slow and lethargic before every competition was distressing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“You English have a saying which is close to my heart, for its spirit is that which rules our boyars: ‘Welcome the coming; speed the parting guest.’ Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I know this for a fact because Mom put the speeding tickets in a scrapbook, along with their wedding pictures and stuff like that. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

There’s a crack in the parent wall, so I decide to strike with lightning speed. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He lost himself online, in his character, in the search for weapons, in the running techno-patter with Eric about speed, graphics, power. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The white of the sky and the chug of the train, the speed and the rocking and the grease scent tipped me toward giddy. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then he is falling, faster than the speed of light. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you and I can split off from Goddard. Glean at our own speed, in our own way.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

And then the woman leading the song sped up, with the choir right behind her. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They also made the driver increase his speed. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

That was the way they measured their speed. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rider’s cloak streamed behind him, and his hood was thrown back; his golden hair flowed shimmering in the wind of his speed. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

For an agonizing moment, Harry hung in midair, not daring to speed toward Malfoy in case he looked up and saw the Snitch. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

As the speed increases, they swing in ever widening circles, lengthening as they gain momentum. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The plane begins to rumble along the tarmac, picking up speed. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We both look in the direction of the noise, and a truck speeds up the gravel road. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She drove fast and sang loudly, only looking at Luke when she took a turn at light speed and he instinctively grabbed the seat cushion below him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

You’d have thought I was rushing to report a fire the way I sped down the road. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Luke was pivotal in helping me maintain my precision and hand speed whenever Akhi fell off the map. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Traveling close to the speed of light is a kind of elixir of life. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We pick up speed as we descend the hill. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we finally broke free, the driver set off at great speed in the opposite direction from City Hall. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned his head almost upside down to get a more acute focus on her; then unwinding swiftly, he lifted his body and sped off. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day had sped by in the blur that was rapidly becoming routine. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But the fastest boys are greyhounds, harvested from all over the nation for their speed and eagerness to obey, and they seem to Werner to be running more fervently, more conclusively, than they have before. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The actual speed can be determined at any point in the earth's orbit by using the distance to the sun and the specific orbital energy. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Her tapping speeded up and its beat became erratic and nervous. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Min’s vessels were muffled in layers and layers of tightly packed rice straw; Tree-ear thought grimly that even if he ran at full speed, no harm would come to the work. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

We wrapped Zoe in a blanket as Artemis pulled the reins and the chariot sped away from the mountain, straight into the air. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Such gadgets were also employed to measure speed; how fast was a current traveling? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But there’s a sloppiness that comes with speed: the poorly placed boot that results in a splash, the accidental clang of a gun against a pipe, even my own commands, issued too loudly for discretion. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The windshield wipers rocked at their fastest speed. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She’s glued down maybe four buttons while the rest of us have worked at full speed. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

You become compressed in the direction of motion, your mass increases, and time, as you experience it, slows down, a breathtaking consequence of traveling close to the speed of light called time dilation. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something strange happens at the speed of light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I’m going to get to the bottom of this. Someone must go and see. I’d go myself, but I’ve got no speed with this leg.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had positioned herself right next to the curb and was making her way with incredible speed and assurance, never once swerving or looking around. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

We sped up our steps and took dives into the bush before the grenade landed, followed by several rounds of machine gun fire. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Now I'm moving with all speed and no stealth. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Had they simply seen the flash of green light and heard the rush of speeding death, before life was wiped from their bodies? Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I don’t mean jealous in a weird stalkery way, but sometimes I think our lives are moving at different speeds and it’s hard not to feel like you’re gonna lap me.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Maybe he knows I’m only speeding because I have to. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Today, the Demon Brigade faces off against the Phoenix Riders in the White World, a landscape of speed, stealth, and quick thinking. There will be no time to hesitate!” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And in those last two hundred yards, in an extraordinary burst of speed, rowing at forty strokes per minute, pounding the water into a froth, Washington passed California. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Both of them are twisting and hopping and trying to shield their heads with their arms as more bits and pieces of fallen sky race through the air at warp speed. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Mom spoke evenly, her words coming out at normal speed, yet everything seemed slowed down, as if time itself had grown heavy. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I ran headlong around the side of the administration building, focusing on speed and keeping Otto safe and not giving a thought to my direction. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Keep him under arrest I” the M.P. shouted, doubling over with raucous laughter at his jest, and sped away in his jeep. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

‘We have come to bid our last farewell,’ she said, ‘and to speed you with blessings from our land.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“For scientific discovery, give me Scott; for speed and efficiency of travel, give me Amundsen; but when disaster strikes and all hope is gone, get down on your knees and pray for Shackleton.” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

She sped like a bird over sea and land seeking her daughter. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The best of the women made names for themselves for accuracy, speed, and insight. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He gunned the engine, and we sped past the thing into the night. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The model aircraft sped down the street for one last run. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

It raced through the track, picking up speed around the curves. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He pushed the minivan up into a faster speed, causing the wind to whistle through the bullet hole. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Defensive tackle Billy Steen clawed into him Brst and Payne came from the outside linebacker position and dove into him at full speed. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other kids were on their parents’ shoulders or holding their hands or giggling and weaving through the crowd at high speed. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

But Seabiscuit could not be coaxed into showing any speed at all, and to find out if the horse was hoodwinking him, Fitzsimmons opted to make an exception to his nowhip rule. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once we’re parked and headed toward our destination on foot, I feel like there are a thousand grasshoppers on speed bouncing around in my gastrointestinal tract. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Music’s tempo is rather infectious, and children respond physically to both fast and slow speeds. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

As part of a two-pronged attack, P.M. flashed around various assailants at high speed, leaving mirrors confiscated from Missus Nedraw’s stuck in midair. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The driver drove at reckless speeds, through towns and cities, the heavy rain obscuring most of the view. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

‘Then come, and let your brother go with us, and some other of your folk who is most swift! For we have need of speed greater than any wind, outmatching the wings of the Nazgûl.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Beside him, the speed and noise of the train were dizzying. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow Tyson, who was so clumsy he knocked over lab equipment and broke playground structures on a regular basis, had caught two fiery metal balls speeding toward him at a zillion miles an hour. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then we sped up the rutted dirt road and soon bumped to a halt at the upper pasture. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Mr. Neely sped through a two-minute lesson on what we were actually supposed to be learning from this whole dissection business, but none of us were listening. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The most obvious explanation of the red shift was in terms of the Doppler effect: the galaxies were receding from us; the more distant the galaxy the greater its speed of recession. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear Mom speeding up on the treadmill in the den. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Operation Save Sir Fig Newton was picking up momentum, approaching the speed of light. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The fourth arrived when Einstein showed that time was similar to these three dimensions; we are constantly moving through time like a car that’s speeding down a highway. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He spiraled upward and sped into a cluster gathered on the extended arm of an ancient oak tree, shouting all the while. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Since the speed of the light is just the distance it has traveled divided by the time it has taken, different observers would measure different speeds for the light. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without taking his eyes off Gabriel, the contratista slid into his truck and sped off, leaving us in a cloud of dust. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mom calls the first part the speed round because it’s all about speed. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

When the rider asked him for speed, the horse slowed down. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that speed, there was at least half a ton of G-force behind the contact. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Similarly with spaceships: no matter how much rocket power they have, they can’t accelerate beyond the speed of light. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Run across a field of daisies at warp speed but keep your eyes on the ground. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

As they were coming on at full speed, we got the two bags ready, and took that opportunity of saying good-bye to Herbert and Startop. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s all righ’, Harry!” bellowed Hagrid, now thrown flat onto his back by the surge of speed; nobody was steering now, and the sidecar was starting to twist violently in the bike’s slipstream. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The flood hurled them across the junction and into St. Aldate’s, where the downward slope of the street let the water rush on with even greater speed. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He feels it tighten like a noose, but then the scarf comes loose from his neck, and time speeds up again as Lefty is thrown clear of the auto. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The bull leaped up and at full speed rushed to the seashore and then not into, but over, the wide water. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Saunders’s big hands erase the board with four quick swipes, like a windshield wiper on full speed. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

This is an exceptionally silly notion—especially since the speed of impulses through the neurons in our brains is about the same as the speed of a donkey cart. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Derrick turned and picked up speed back towards the camp. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Pong turned up the speed, trying to follow the instructions that Somkit had given him. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The theory of relativity says that the laws of physics appear the same to observers moving at different speeds. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sped with the air currents into a thermal that spiraled her high above Delhi. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He had seen their own RA units at work, tightly knit groups, working all hours, proud of the speed with which they could set up a line, and proud of their discipline, drills, training, teamwork. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

We went straight, regardless of the wind, at a steady speed, cutting through the waves instead of riding them, with but one purpose: to get there. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Mixed among them were a few athletes who stood out with their speed and grace. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

But they weren’t just watching — they were whispering back and forth at top speed. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sped after the ship, and a moment later were back on deck. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They turned and looked outside to see an ambulance speed past, followed by two police cars. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Perhaps there is some unforeseen problem to interstellar spaceflight—although, at speeds much less than the velocity of light it is difficult to see what such an impediment might be. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His endowments were of a purely physical order—a 4.4 speed in the forty, a skillful ability to play both defensive back and running back, a reputation for hard, tireless work on the held. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soldiers of Mordor lifted their heads and also began to put on speed. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When she and Robert stepped into Tonie’s boat, with the red lateen sail, misty spirit forms were prowling in the shadows and among the reeds, and upon the water were phantom ships, speeding to cover. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

It operated at warp speed and had massive storage capacity so that he could mine the scientific world on every front, synthesize the data, and adapt it to his needs. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

A speed is a distance divided by a time. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still clutching the paper, she turned and sped toward the cabinet. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was now half across the street, but the roar from the beetle's engines whined higher as it put on speed. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt strange to be speeding through the streets of this neighborhood where I didn’t belong, in a truck where I didn’t belong, with my brother hurt and my sister sick. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Darkness and the speed they were traveling made most of the stones miss their target, but not all. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The taxi sped off, churning up some pebbles in die gutter that stung Mrs. Reilly’s legs through the torn rayon gown. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had leverage; I had pieces of a story and a psychiatrist on speed dial. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Toads only raced to music, specifically classical music, and winning depended not just on speed but on how much they could keep pace with the rhythm of a song. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It had spread with astonishing speed.The human beings could not contain their rage when they heard this song, though they pretended to think it merely ridiculous. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

As soon as I shut the car door, he sped off. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He rose, blowing kisses to his squadron, then hopped down to watch the next pilot racing at full speed toward the landing deck. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gets tickets for speeding and having an open container of beer in his car. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The train sped past the station and out of sight. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But her son did not miss a stroke as he shoveled the peaches from the can to his mouth with extraordinary speed and endurance. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this speed and without crash bracelets, anything that knocked Tally off the board would kill her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Inigo suddenly threw his body against a nearby rock, rebounded off it with stunning force, lunging with incredible speed. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Lera’s plane sped down the runway, which was purposely unlit so that German aircraft couldn’t find it. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

David chuckled at her and sped up, joining Shay at the front of the pack. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It wheeled and went north, flying at a speed greater than any wind of Middle-earth. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Peering out the window, Allen could see rockets speeding toward them. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He knows which knotty roots to leap over, where to turn, and where to pick up speed. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

America seemed a society moving rapidly toward a greater accommodation of its diverse population; South Africa on the other hand was moving with equal speed, if not more, toward a total separation of all races. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my bike and headed full speed down the old road. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Only light, or other waves that have no intrinsic mass, can move at the speed of light. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he would tailor the speed and specifics of the changes according to what his people were ready for. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “Did you slow down over the summer, Winger? You’re going to need to put on some speed if you expect to keep your job.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I caught a glimpse of them diving for the sidewalk as we straightened out and sped toward the harbor. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Now and then my mother glanced back, making little motions with her hand to speed me up. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve finished the Mediaeval period, with its reliquaries and elongated saints, and are speeding through the Renaissance, hitting the high points. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The water flowed faster and faster, and soon it was running at a furious speed. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile the timber was being carted away at high speed. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Lee prepared sealed orders to be given to each of Watters’ men; they were to scatter out over the countryside and find Stuart and get him back to Gettysburg with all possible speed. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I brace myself, but he rockets right between us with no attempt to check his speed. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Within a few months after joining the club, Bobby, together with Lombardy and Gore, dominated the weekly speed tournaments, which limited players to ten seconds a move. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In a panic he twisted the throttle and the johnboat picked up speed, but that didn’t help—Jasper Jr. was stuck on the end of my line like a moray eel. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I continued to sprint at top speed, following the green path, which was now pulsing brightly. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Combining this information with what the computer already knew about our speed and so forth, we could fly to the moon and back without help from the ground. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They said they logged their speed because they figured it with a log. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

There would be no surprise now; speed no longer mattered. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At enough speed, in the right kind of light, it became the plane of Luke’s childhood fantasies. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Also, the lower speed will give me more torque, making it less likely I'll lose traction. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They don’t move across the ocean at anything like that speed. You know how it is when you spin a top? It goes around very fast, and gradually moves across the floor?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I maintain as much speed as I can for as long as I can, and then slam on the brakes right in front of the gas tank. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

An ambulance, lights and sirens blaring, sped past us, going in the opposite direction, toward school, and for an instant, I felt a nervous excitement and thought, It could be someone I know. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

If the physical development could be speeded up till it was as quick, say, as a cow’s, what an enormous saving to the Community! Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

A spray of pellets followed, stinging into their hindquarters so that they leaped simultaneously and redoubled their speed. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to impress everyone with my cheetah speed!” he boasts. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Kept them moving at the speed of light, the speed of sound—faster than anybody had ever flown before. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Like a summer lightning storm, speeding across the horizon. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She hit the gas pedal going back up to Milagro . . . and immediately Granny Smith pulled her over for speeding. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had awakened on this morning with a hungering need to bark out orders and have them carried out with speed and efficiency. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon two horsemen, riding quickly from the direction of Port Royal, galloped toward the house at high speed. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed that the Orcs had pressed on with all possible speed. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It was a dizzying experience, as though time had sped forward in a science fiction novel, to suddenly hug one’s fully grown child. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And all speeding with a mighty force, almost silent, certainly irresistible. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

If Shay hit the ground at this speed, she’d be worse than hurt. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Still feeling frustrated because he hadn’t been able to take Ernestine to the speed typing contest, Dad insisted on taking Martha to an adding machine exhibition in New York. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The creatures rolled onto the surface and set off, soon picking up speed. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Flurries blowing past the windows appeared to be a blizzard at this speed. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She honked twice before they pulled out of the driveway and sped away in a shower of gravel. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I blow past him and double our speed. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Hollow-eyed women and children, the casualties of a million cruelties, ran after Pennsy’s engines as they sped past. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

It was like hanging from the back of a speeding train. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The sound of shouting continued to rise, then another green and white patrol car was whining around the corner and speeding past me, heading for the block. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The red shift gives the speed at which galaxies are retiring, but doesn’t tell us how far away they are to begin with. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

They sped off up adjacent aisles; Harry could hear the others’ footsteps echoing through the towering piles of junk, of bottles, hats, crates, chairs, books, weapons, broomsticks, bats.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They boosted themselves onto the sides of the tank, clutching at any groove or lip in the metal for dear life, and then they were rolling down the road toward the harbor at top speed. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Surrounded by policemen on horses, the ambulance sped down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Fred yelled happily, but he was wrong; as though it was magnetically attracted to Harry, the Bludger pelted after him once more and Harry was forced to fly off at full speed. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Cars occasionally sped by on the highway, a backpacking couple on mountain bikes pedaled past. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Though bleeding badly, he had lost none of his speed or strength. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dad entered Ernestine’s name in a national speed contest, as a sort of child prodigy, but Mother talked him out of it and Ern never actually competed. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set off again, maintaining for some reason - perhaps because I expected further farm creatures to wander across my path - my slow speed of before. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was so short she could run full speed under her dining room table without ducking. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My mind is racing, speeding through the hours and days and months ahead, and my heart is pounding, and I can’t even bring myself to stop or wipe away the burning tears on my cheeks. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I began to realize we were driving very fast; the car moved so steadily, so evenly, though, I didn’t feel the speed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The truck pulled away and sped down Elm Street, turned right at the T, and disappeared behind the bank and the cafe. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He raced down the road at breakneck speed, careening around the hairpin turns, whooping at the top of his lungs all the way to the river and across the bridge. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Wounds festered and got infected at lightning speed in the damp heat. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

As we have seen, Maxwell’s equations predicted that the speed of light should be the same whatever the speed of the source, and this has been confirmed by accurate measurements. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hurried along with all the speed they could make, and after a mile or two they saw the Last Bridge ahead, at the bottom of a short steep slope. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Waving the tapestry, Cluny laughed in exhilaration as he put on an extra burst of speed. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Periodically racing forward with a sudden burst of speed for no clear reason. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The carriage jostled uncomfortably as they sped out of the City toward Quinn House, and she had to cling to the edge of the seat. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Architecture could no longer afford to be subtle; it had to catch the eye of motorists traveling at high speed. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

If we were to speed the rotation, we would see that the Galaxy is a dynamic, almost organic entity, in some ways resembling a multi-cellular organism. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only way to clock the speed of a galaxy is by using the Doppler effect—the same principle used in state troopers’ radar guns. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Pong dug the boat's propeller into the water, willing it to go faster as he sped northward. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

A trio of Ridgefolk—I couldn’t tell their ages from here—rode across the chasm at breakneck speed a few levels down. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Man on earth had a shotglass of time allotted to him, but the pilot approaching the speed of sound was a conqueror of time measured and time lost. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slows the speed down, gasping out words between breaths. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The Dauntless in me admires his form—perfect—and his speed- incredible. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Its open cell structure makes it light and buoyant, and in rowing lightness means speed. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m not fussed, really, I prefer flying,” said Harry, glancing over his shoulder to see where Malfoy was, and speeding up as they came into the entrance hall. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I set off full speed, sucking sugar out of my molars and just real pleased with myself. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Physics. He postponed it. Nobody understands the speed of light. How’s the migraine?” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The convoy of vans and trucks sped away in a huge cloud of dust, with several of the black policemen dangling from the side and rear doors like rags on a line. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would blow past canal boats with unparalleled speed. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“That’s what they say. But they could speed up the process if I recommend it. I warn you, though, it isn’t any fun,” she tells me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The knife sped straight for the man’s heart—and clanged into a brass tray held out by Mr. Thirsty. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Requiring that its human competitors straddle erratic animals moving in dense groups at extremely high speed, race riding in the 1930s, as today, was fraught with extreme danger. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at quarter speed it was painted on his face: the lips pressed together in a look of pure smugness. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Brian, Derek, and the raft traveled one hundred and nineteen miles down a river with an average current speed of two miles an hour, in just under sixty-three hours. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, then with greater speed as my hands remembered. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Bobby and Jack played thousands of games—mostly speed—analyzed hundreds of positions, and solved dozens of chess problems together. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, Angelo, is that all?” the patrolwoman asked, eager to get to a nearby school before the morning speed zone hours ended. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I landed in a busy path where I was nearly run down by a speeding cart. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

One week, after a lecture by the foreman on increasing productivity, Lefty speeded up his work, grinding a bearing every twelve seconds instead of fourteen. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Now think of the event again, and imagine that the cart and the bicycle are both traveling close to the speed of light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon they were speeding along the lake front, past a huge flat sheet of dully gleaming water. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I then dropped Paul at his church and I sped home to tell my parents before going to work. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The colt had proven that Hard Tack’s speed lived on in his homely little body. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both men had heads harder than cement, and both charged ahead full speed with whatever they thought was right. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He followed her, staggered a little on landing, then straightened up in time to see the gleaming scarlet steam engine pick up speed, round the corner, and disappear from view. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It looked like speed incarnate, its every line carved by the wind. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He slowed down and blew the horn a few times in solidarity; they waved and he picked up speed again. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The train sped up and soon left us behind. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

As the schooner sped south, it was as if the whole crew was sitting vigil. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They sped above the mossy broke-back structures of a dead city. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Everything about the trip was exciting: the sounds, the speed, the scenery rushing before my eyes. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I watched as he picked up speed and ran toward his mother, who saw him and opened wide her arms. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the car proceeded at a moderate speed, which was hardly ever, the whistle sounded no worse than an hellish roar. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, Rømer never calculated a figure for the speed of light. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It came with no warning and the speed and strength of it were terrifying. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He’d already thrown up twice from the back of the chariot, which was not fun at the speed of sound. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

In a final burst of speed, the horse of the Horned King plunged ahead; the animal’s flanks bore against Melyngar, who reared furiously and struck out with her hoofs. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

This expressly decreed that nothing could outrace the speed of light and yet here were physicists insisting that, somehow, at the subatomic level, information could. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I breathed deep, slowed the game down in my mind to the speed I needed. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

This time I tried to use my speed against Rachel, and it worked well. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The wind carried Frightful speeding down the side of White Man Mountain. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Sosie quickened her jerky movements until she resembled a robot on speed. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

As they began to move on, the pickup slowed its speed to stay behind them. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

My sisters and I got on the backs of the bikes and sped away, holding on to our drivers. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The delivery van was speeding back up the road. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He sprays more and more cleaner and switches the wiper speed higher and higher, but the scat stays on. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She raises her hands and in a muffled voice says, “Full speed ahead.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The pilot called in an air strike and within minutes American planes sped over the village, dropping bombs. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I heard its tires scream as Rob turned the truck around and kicked up the speed. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I started off walking but was soon running down the old grassy lane, up and over the hills at speed, fueled by a strong mix of curiosity, a little fear, and what my legs wanted. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The weapons sped on across the empty glade into the wood and there found their mark. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That dead fellow was right. The horde is picking up speed.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“At top rowing speed, about an hour,” Leo said. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I’ve read that passengers on high-speed trains say that the world outside the train blurs from the speed. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Frightful dodged, climbed swiftly, and sped back to the cupola. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Mom is getting very good at the speed round. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The drawbridge reached the ground and Piggy was speeding across before it touched. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, after the last supply bag went over the side, and just when I was wondering how far a drop it was to the ocean, we began to pick up speed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I thought about our car crash and wondered if the driver of the SUV was drunk or texting or speeding. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The tempo of a piece of music is its speed. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

We gather speed and buzz from the shore into deeper water. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Despite his wounds, the agent poured on speed, and Taylor felt something she hadn’t experienced in years: fear. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

As the chickens spin at high speed, they rub against the stiff fingers, which pull their feathers off. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I believe the black business executive who says that, although he drives an expensive foreign car, he must be especially wary when a policeman stops him for speeding. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her heart slowed with relief, then sped back up with joy. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

The ship began to speed faster and faster through the sea, pushed along by the new wind. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But as she utterly failed to hold on to anything, as the stones rolled and tumbled beneath her, as she slid down toward the edge, gathering speed, the horror of it slammed into her. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Two days later she speeded up considerable, and got brave enough to drive all the way home. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

At the Four-foot SPT, Mary Jackson conducted tests of the Apollo capsule and other components, honing their fitness for the portion of the journey that would take place in the supersonic speed regime. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a speeding car came roaring up behind us. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

With her wings snapping to gain speed, the great bird aims for Alice, who ducks her head just in time. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I urged the horses to keep up the speed. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

On the table, there were mounds and mounds of walnuts, and the squirrels were all working away like mad, shelling the walnuts at a tremendous speed. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

The next few hours passed quietly as the sun sped toward the horizon and darkness fell on the land outside the Berg. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Warbeak sped back, hovering level with the loft door as she set her claws into the latch. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Yet taken as a whole, the week passed with astounding speed. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He thought about starting to teach Lily to ride so that she could speed off proudly after her Ceremony of Nine, which would be coming soon. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The engine whined as Lydia pushed it, going twice the speed limit most of the way. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Everything moves at the same speed, living or dead,” I answered. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Only minutes after Mr. Boston hung up, four police cars sped up and screeched to a stop outside the phone booth. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The female was now gathering speed for another attack, and when I say speed, I mean 50 to 60 miles an hour. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just hit the border at high speed and crash through and keep on running. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dance sped up, and the dancers with it. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Actually, it was not so much the speed that was impressive as the pure animal confidence, the total absorption in the moment. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It leaped into all their minds that the Black Wings had spied them and had sent armed soldiers to seize them: no speed seemed too great for these terrible servants of Sauron. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Still barreling at highway speeds, it closed in on the smaller car coming the other way, the distance narrowing by the instant. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

We do speed drawings of her every three minutes. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

They could circle him at the fastest speed he could hope to make, just loop around him with ease. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover, absent from Papin’s design was a simple device employed by Savery: the use of a spray of water over the cylinder to cool it in order to speed the condensation of the steam. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

My mom had to help him get up to speed. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Even small improvements in speed and efficiency multiplied over millions of pilot miles added up to a difference that could tip the long-term balance of the war in the Allies’ favor. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I call him while running across the soccer field, holding down 1 to speed dial. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

She was driving to the courthouse with the divorce papers when she got the speeding ticket that led to her meeting my father. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

As the Vonnegut made the jump to light speed, each of the planets on my viewscreen became a long streak of light. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

After Mom won her ten thousand dollars, she played another speed round. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Time slowed down sometimes and sped up others. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The car swung off the road at Group Headquarters with a squeal of tires, slackening speed only slightly, and continued around past the parking lot to the back of the building. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Two media vans sped down the street, pulled up in front of our house. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“So...motorcycles weren’t your speed, but maybe basketball? You just got to get the basketball in the hoop as many times as possible in one minute.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The calf was almost fully weaned, and I had missed several milkings in a row, which had helped to speed the process up. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Even traveling at the speed of light, a particle would take 1,000 years to make the circuit. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She could go at a full sprint in high heels, but if she really wanted to come after me she had this thing where she’d kick her shoes off while still going at top speed. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

In this sense, speed is both the rower’s ultimate goal and also his greatest foe. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Mark sped after her, but he’d only gone a few frantic steps when he caught sight of her again, standing completely still, staring at something in front of her. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He careened around the turns with such reckless speed that Smith began to fear that he would be unable to hold his arc and would tumble over sideways. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the river continued through the throat at less than sonic speed—that is to say, less than the speed of sound—it became compacted in the divergent section, bound in turmoil, and inefficient. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He gave her a kiss and they sped off together. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I’m reminded of the relentless way she played speed chess in her Memory. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We plummeted without slowing one bit, spinning and twisting at dizzying speeds. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I let my breathing slow a bit and straddled the railing only to have my heart speed up again. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I loved to run, to jump, to test my strength and speed against other boys. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

As soon as she was sure he was really awake and her errand done, Iris sped away, fearful that she too might sink forever into slumber. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like basketball again: once someone is tall enough, then we start to care about speed and court sense and agility and ball- handling skills and shooting touch. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

She sped to the abandoned meadow, now pale green with raspberry and young hawthorn leaves. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Their animated quills scratch against parchment pads at lightning speed. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

His friend who owns the motorcar set off at top speed, full out and going like the clappers, no lights as usual except the waning gibbous moon on the rise. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She leaped over rocks and wove through trees and stomped across the mountainside at full speed. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The car moved through the darkness at a rapid speed, turned left at the Sanctified Church of the Crucified Jesus, and took the Biddle Creek Road which followed the river toward the training depot. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she wins a second speed round, the Winner’s Circle is worth fifteen thousand dollars. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

There seems to be no way for information to travel back to those left behind any faster than the speed of light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was so afraid any minute ambulances would come speeding up to the gym, or cops. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Lyra saw through half-closed eyes, and felt a sleepy thrill of perfect happiness, to be speeding north under the Aurora. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She could see it coming, the whole thing: the moon and the trail of smoke leading into the sky, the bullet speeding toward her, the light streaming out behind it like waves. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She sped into the wind and covered the thirty miles to the one mountain among thousands in less than ten minutes. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

In London he had been far too old to run: now, he ran at a speed which would have made him certain to win the hundred yards’ race at any Prep school in England. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I had every worker in the place yanking the paper off those bars of chocolate full speed ahead from morning till night. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

While Cora twisted in her delirium, Ethel read from the Bible to speed her recuperation. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I gave a start and nearly fell, just as Ji-yong picked up some speed. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At this speed we won’t see him even if we pass him.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

But instead of slowing down, the tanker increased its speed as it approached the first group of men in its way. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

In the distance, Annabeth heard shrieks, screams, and a persistent boom, boom, boom that was too fast to be the heartbeat in the ground—more like something large and heavy, running at full speed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“The speed limit is fifty,” I said, trying to be helpful. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She pushed the control column forward to lower the nose of her aircraft, and applied power to gain speed. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Four days later, as the German and Japanese anthems played, the ship rose into the grasp of a typhoon that whisked it over the Pacific at breathtaking speed, toward America. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

That sped things up a lot because the airlock takes about ten minutes to get through. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shifted gears and we picked up speed. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

When an object impacts the Moon at high speed, it sets the Moon slightly wobbling. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus this observer would think that a spaceship could get from A to B in time if only it could ignore the speed-of-light speed limit. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thing let out a bellow of surprise, but quickly regained its composure and brought claws down on her back with devastating speed. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

There was a great creaking of ropes and sails and the Current picked up speed. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She felt it speeding up until it matched the pace of her own. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He bustled back into the castle, and Harry sped off to Hagrid’s, delighted with himself. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

My father had promised we'd make enough money to buy me an eighteen- speed bike. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the other thing you will notice as we speed past Pluto is that we are speeding past Pluto. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The alligator, close to ten feet long, moved with unbelievable speed, but Polly was even faster. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the slow speed ensured that I wouldn't fall into any more powder pits along the way. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Away now, Shadowfax! Run, greatheart, run as you have never run before! Now we are come to the lands where you were foaled, and every stone you know. Run now! Hope is in speed!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

As the turnoff to the railroad approached, Tally increased her speed, skimming the water as fast as she dared. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Jerking his head up, Dad notched the boat speed higher immediately. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me get this plate to Mrs. Bates, then I’ll meet you at the barn,” Stella said as both girls picked up speed. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A pickup truck full of mattresses and people speeds by. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The last wisps of vapor blew away, and Gregor lost speed. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Emma’s answer was to speed over to the man and whisper in his ear. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They sped by a pack of sea lions lounging on the docks, and she swore she saw an old homeless guy sitting among them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see myself as a “hunter,” and I didn’t know if I was capable of the speed he was talking about. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Food fads still come and go with alarming speed: A scientific study, a new government guideline, a lone crackpot with a medical degree can change our nation’s diet overnight. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Signal light flashing, they were speeding down the highway at eighty miles an hour when Bruno said, “Wait a minute, you better slow down, look, up ahead—hey! What’s with that guy? Jesus, Granny—STOP!” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Diving under Aragorn’s blow with the speed of a striking snake he charged into the Company and thrust with his spear straight at Frodo. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The witness, Kaiserman, said they were going fifty-five miles an hour, the speed limit. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Nobody in the minibus says anything as we clear the road block and speed along the open road, heading for Aleppo and a nonexistent uncle. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

As usual, the tree disgorged its food, and the astonished girl watched her father eating with the speed of a man who has not eaten for many weeks. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“I told her to hurry. She was probably speeding.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The doors, of course, but their value decreased as the speed of the car increased. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jefferson’s conversion occurred with such breathtaking speed that hardly anyone noticed how deftly he was discarding the chief weapon the Republicans had wielded against two Federalist administrations. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He listened to the sound of the car picking up speed two blocks away on his right. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

We turned to see a cloud of dust heading our way led by an ancient pickup truck moving at great speed. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

It speeds up communication between the hemispheres and affects language and higher-order brain functioning. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Then runway, wind speed, visibility—” She scratched notes furiously. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The speed of the players was incredible — the Chasers were throwing the Quaffle to one another so fast that Bagman only had time to say their names. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

After two years of study—the graduates of three-week and six-week courses were more admired by the peasants for learning at such wondrous speeds—my mother returned to her home village a doctor. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And just as I began to smile thinking about Laura Fish running naked into the river, a truck came speeding up beside me and stopped. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I sped up, walking ahead of the Colonel, silent. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Despite efforts by Howard Fuller and Ann Atwater to calm the situation, a score of angry black teenagers sped down Main Street, tossing garbage cans and bricks through a dozen store windows. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Current of Faith was clipping along at tremendous speed, smooth as silk through the water. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The fundamental postulate of the theory of relativity, as it was called, was that the laws of science should be the same for all freely moving observers, no matter what their speed. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When a spaceship approaches the speed of light, time slows down more and more and more. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

That experience would see me growing up into an adult with great speed—an adult that had to deeply develop her relationship with God in order to survive. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They’d pause as if at the edge of deep water, and then start down the escalator, running, trying to match the apparent speed of the stairs. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Once again taking up the stashes of guns from their clubhouses, they piled into cars, revved up their engines, and sped across the deadline into the Black Belt. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Just before she reached it, steel jaws sprang out of the earth with such speed that the air snapped. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The speeds don’t get above 25 mph, and it only lasts ten seconds, but there’s an upside-down loop in the middle. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I know there are herbs, if I could find them, that would speed the healing, but I can't quite call them to mind. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Could two vehicles speeding around earth or moon really find each other, get into the same orbit at the same speed, and gently bring their two craft together? Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came with speed and momentum, dazzling speed for a boy encumbered with the ball, and Jim Don moved out heavily, menacingly to stop Ben. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As always, Joon was running ahead of me, gathering up speed on the downhill so that he could jump over a low juniper bush. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

While technique is still important in those seats, the speed of the boat ultimately depends on the raw power of these rowers and how efficiently they transmit it through their oars and into the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Making her bow ready, just in case, she sped forward and flew alongside them, calling: “Angels! Halt and listen to me! I am the witch Ruta Skadi, and I want to talk to you!” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hitting, agility and speed, infield, and outfield,” he says. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

But then I saw the tracks all decorated with colorful pennant banners and a motor revved, nearly matching the speed of my heartbeat. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The foreman, whose pay depended on speed, walked up and down the line, pushing the men to work faster, faster. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Each got a quick, concise lecture from Francis, during the second of which I wandered down to see if the shop could be speeded up to produce the purines and pyrimidines later that afternoon. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

And then it was gone, flying back to Mordor with the speed of the wrath of Sauron; and behind it the wind roared away, leaving the Dead Marshes bare and bleak. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I lean my forehead against the backseat window and try to see past the speeding dark and into this new world called Detroit. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The speed with which she moves on startles me, but I'm so relieved to avoid an awkward conversation that I, too, pretend nothing has happened. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It stays in the same place in relation to the earth’s surface, but only because it orbits at the same speed as the earth’s spin. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then I looked up and saw the large chunks of rubble tumbling at high speed onto the dance floor as avatars scattered to get out of the way. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Halfway down he became aware of a small animal running at lightning speed towards him. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The buckboard sped past the house, never slowing for town. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Small Boy clapped his hands once, and the three hounds sped screaming into the night. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He comes at Hideo, swinging the stick at him with blinding speed. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I got back on, and when I finally thought I had gained my balance, I pushed off on what was my boldest attempt, steering around the corner and gaining speed. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

We would release a huge bubble of energy that expands at the speed of light, leaving a vast trail of destruction in its wake. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Harry leaned against the enchanted wall, which opened to admit them, and he and Luna sped back down the steep staircase. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The mercenary brought up his injured hand and grabbed the tip of the sword, moving with such sudden speed that the metal rang dully with the contact. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After that rush of speed, carrying the knapsack and board felt like being turned into a slug. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Who, for example, had abducted the oilman McBride in Washington, D.C., or thrown W. W. Vaughan off the speeding train? Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He and the redhead sped, with tires screeching, toward an unspecified destination. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

As I sped away, I had a suspicious feeling that I was needed back at our secluded rest stop, and I was right. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

That is, their nucleus is naturally unstable—particles break away from the nucleus and shoot out at high speeds. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we could hear the passengers on the train speak, their voices would sound slurred and sluggish, like a record played at too slow a speed, and their movements would appear similarly ponderous. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Ashoke puts his hand over hers as the plane begins to gather speed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I speed up and turn down a side street. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He glances back, giving me a glimpse of blue eyes, and speeds up. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I got my bearings zipping around the rink for a while, picking up speed, cutting left and right, short hops, pivots. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Argo II picked up speed, retreating northwest, as they’d been doing for the past two days. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Steel cars sped down the streets and if you saved up, they said, you could get you one and drive as long as there was road. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another is a space-time that contains two cosmic strings moving past each other at high speed. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spinner started slowly, gaining speed like the cotton-candy machine at the fair, until it was sending heavenly smells into the atmosphere. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put on a burst of speed and took off running toward her. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I break off from them at full speed, weaving around strollers, shoving between couples, clutching the envelopes to my chest. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Within the “symphony of voices,” Kepler believed that the speed of each planet corresponds to certain notes in the Latinate musical scale popular in his day—do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She forgets sometimes that we mere mortals don’t automatically assess a situation and then arrive at a conclusion at the speed of computers. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He nearly killed a group of sophomores who, as he sped by, cussed and raised their fingers into the air. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

No gull could long outmatch that heavy speed. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

When she was almost to the lodge, a great horned owl saw rabbit and falcon, sped silently out of the woods, and sank her talons into the food. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Not only were galaxies speeding away from us in all directions, the farther away the galaxies were, the faster they were going away. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

And we were playing touch instead of tackle, so the entire game was really based on speed and ball handling. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I speeded up, crossed the bridge, and headed north to Santa Clara. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

There were no breaks; if we slowed down, the warders would yell at us to speed up. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As expected, some of the speeding neutrons hit uranium atoms. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

For this, you need centralized authority, elaborately detailed time schedules, and some sort of reward system based on speed and perfection. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

For an observer approaching the boy, the stones seem to be going faster than for an observer who is running away; the velocity of the stones seems to depend on your direction and speed. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

On the few occasions when he lost a speed game, he’d just push the pieces to the center of the board in disgust, his nostrils flaring as if he smelled a bad odor. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dusk approached with lightning speed, casting a muted purple hue over the backyard. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The frantic hawk speeds upward and, catching a downdraft, hurtles herself at Alice again. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The change in speed sent him stumbling across the border into one of the oily black pools, where he fell on his stomach and skidded out the other side in a plume of goo. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

For most of the trip the velocity would be very close to the speed of light and time would slow down enormously. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Colin slowed down, pulling to the shoulder so that a speeding SUV could pass him while he looked out at the factory with Lindsey. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He knew the kid couldn’t go at full speed forever. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without a sound, it turned and began to slither away with surprising speed. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Onto the beach I scrambled, gaining speed as I ran past the bass stands and up the lane. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

As Caltech astrophysicist Kip S. Thorne has written: "The speed of light turned out to be the same in all directions and at all seasons." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Gunshots fire at rapid speed in the distance. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He speeds down the sideline and isn’t brought down until the eight. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lena had been creating paint-by-numbers canvases for him, sketching them with expert speed, customizing each image to his specifications. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

While I still didn’t have the speed of the other kids, my weapon had a significantly better range. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

She did not check her speed even at the brink. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the same way, you can take a spaceship and accelerate it, getting it closer and closer to the speed of light. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

But the little boat was definitely losing speed. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

There’s just the sound of the Dreidel devouring the blacktop as she speeds downhill. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

A great musician, very bright, but not a good driver, Linton believed that she sometimes tailgated, and sometimes sped. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Not wanting to remain alone with an exceptionally angry Snape, Harry threw his books and ingredients back into his bag and left at top speed to tell Ron and Hermione what he had just witnessed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

‘Return with what speed you may, and let our swords hereafter shine together!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Heading outside, I took off running down the road to test my speed. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

But of course he did not know it, since the injury had seemed slight, and when he last saw me I was sprinting at high speed. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It began as an exhilarating display of pure speed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart is speeding, though, my breaths coming too fast. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Also, a very precise clock has been observed to slow down ever so slightly when flown in an airplane at great speed. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The leading boy, the handle of the whip, started off at a trot, weaving to the left and to the right, increasing speed until the whip of flesh was curving at breakneck gallop. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A speeding car careened out of control, smashing into a police wagon. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It grew louder, angrier, and suggested the high-velocity spin of flywheels or electric turbines turning at impossible speed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Smith’s pencil sped almost indecipherably as he hurried toward more recent history: the motorcycle accident that had crippled him, the burglary in Phillipsburg, Kansas, that had led to his first prison sentence: ... In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Akhi had helped me perfect my craft and develop my natural talents of timing and speed. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Compact, hard, logical, totally selfish, the virus is dedicated to making copies of itself— which it can do on occasion with radiant speed. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It can speed up the way time flows or slow it down. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It might have stopped this snowball from picking up speed. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The peach was still going at a tremendous speed with no sign of slowing down, and about a mile farther on it came to a village. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

At top speed, they stumbled down the hillside. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

These were my thoughts as we sped down the highway putting away our fast-food lunch. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

At last, after all the other employees have sped off in the company’s eye-catching green-and-yellow cars, I am led into a tiny closet-sized room off the inner office to learn my trade via videotape. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We thought we were saving time; instead we revved up the treadmill of life to ten times its former speed and made our days more anxious and agitated. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

To speed things up even more, Rondon was using a different mapping method called the “moveable sighting” process. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I enjoyed watching jackrabbits leap suddenly from the cover of desert shrubs, land beside our speeding bus, and bolt back into the brush. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Whenever the committee pairs us with the Demons,” Hammie says, “it’s usually in a level that involves speed. Like Eight-Bit World, from two years ago.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Pulling on her powerful wings, Frightful sped to the top of the tallest pine and alighted on a slender twig. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

We can see black clouds moving in fast from the east, so we speed up our walk. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As he had run forward, eager, rejoicing to be free, Shelob with hideous speed had come behind and with one swift stroke had stung him in the neck. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t terribly wide, but it ran with such speed that the surface was churned into white foam. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We moved at the same speed, just with an alternate set of steps. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He speeds off down the street, taking my family’s safety net with him. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She flew off her nest, squawking and clucking, and sped out of the bam. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

McGhee’s vessel could reach speeds up to sixty-five miles an hour, which was much faster than any Coast Guard patrol boat could travel. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

To while away the time, and perhaps to feign indifference until the deciding game was finished, Bobby began playing speed chess with a few of his chess friends. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

At the field, as soon as I’m out of the car, Mama speeds off just like I knew she would. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Scott bumped into Mario with his massive force, and George used her speed mushrooms to plow through him at top speed. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Solomon gets up, leaves his tray disgustedly at the table, and moves out of the room with alarming speed. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

And more fire trucks, all speeding toward the bridge in a blur of red and white, a deafening, endless ribbon. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I forced a spoonful of soup down my throat and looked to see if my speed matched that of the preacher. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite my nervousness—and the speed with which I ate—I could hardly believe how rich and fine it tasted, filled with savory things I had never eaten and could not name. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple walked closer to him, and Rishi felt his heart speed up merely at the proximity of her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Yes, the references to old people changed the speed at which you walked out of the room, but was that bad? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

At that moment the old man quickened his pace and came with surprising speed to the foot of the rock-wall. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

My speed and ability to judge distances made me an excellent fielder. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

"To hear is to obey," said the groom, and at once set off at a remarkable speed in the direction of the city. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

If Mom wins her first speed round and correctly guesses all the categories in the Winner’s Circle, she’ll win ten thousand dollars. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Singer laughed and his hands shaped the words with wild speed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mr. Curtain was turning the pages with disheartening speed, but Reynie dared not interrupt again. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then it righted itself in the air and sped out of the stadium. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could have driven full speed and had no problems. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something slows inside me, and my mind speeds up. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I rushed out of the tent at full speed, skidded into my camp, and grabbed up all my belongings. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

With that, Jello went back to the puppies and the three sped away like dark birds. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holly and Blackavar reached the long shadow of the wood at top speed, as though they were being pursued. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gone was the slow, irregular way of southern farm life; Swift and the other northern bosses demanded speed and reliability. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was still moving slowly but was rapidly picking up speed. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Moving with an unnatural, sinuous speed, he drew one hand back to the side of his head and tensed himself to spring. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It scudded across the moon, and with a deadly cry went away westward, outrunning the wind in its fell speed. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

His fingers sped by in a blur, and his face showed the slightest of smiles, as if in a reverie. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn't run full speed because he had to hold his crotch to make sure the yarn didn't fall out. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She complained about his speeding, threatened to fire him for being late again, asked him to repeat her instructions to make sure he had understood. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he found himself speeding along an unfamiliar country highway, and as he looked back over his shoulder neither the tollbooth nor his room nor even the house was anywhere in sight. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He presses floor one, and my heartbeat speeds even more. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was driving fast, and he wasn’t stopping, only slowing down to check for traffic at the intersections before speeding through. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Satisfied with his efforts, but annoyed at the heavy rain, the spoiling it is doing to his clothes and the speed of his journey, he looks around him. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bounded at full speed, heedless of the briars that tore at his cheeks. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He pursues speed with superlative courage, pushing beyond defeat, beyond exhaustion, sometimes beyond the structural limits of bone and sinew. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, she found herself spread out on the backseat of an off-grid car that Scythe Curie drove at what seemed to Citra to be a breakneck speed. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

In 1939 a control program was launched, directed at speeding up the spread of the disease. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The harpies cursed at us, wailing for their snacks to come bade, but the hippocampi raced over the water at die speed of Jet Skis. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It would be good to drive out to the coast guard station, too, and get a full storm report, the speed of the wind, the height of the tides, the rate of snowfall. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

They ran through the darkness at a reckless speed. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The Chancellor waves her arm, and the glowing serpent speeds up its trajectory toward Earth. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The only sense of speed he had was the cold air against his face and the occasional tremor of the hull as some obstruction far below raised a slight wave in the water. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

A dizzying collage of smells, moments, emotions, longings sped through Sierra’s entire body. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The train gathered speed past Grandma’s house, and Grandma was at the front door to see it go through. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

A butterfly sped past us on the terrace, silly and inconsequent. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Funny though, it’s for different reasons than it used to be when I was just a kid strung out on speed. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Ripred picked up speed as they crossed under the arch, and Gregor felt that any protection the terrain had given them was gone. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We opened the door,” I went on relentlessly, spinning the lie as I talked, speeding up the story. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The horse sped away in a blur of black and tan, faster than forked lightning—almost too quick for her eyes to register. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I made him go mule speed ’stead of horse speed. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He turned the boat to the north, and in no time they were speeding along at fifteen knots, heading for the Golden Gate Bridge. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Two ambulances, a cop car, and a fire truck speed by, lights flashing. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

There was that electricity again, except this time the hornets had bilious wings because they swarmed, with texture and speed, from my heart down to my groin. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

With unexpected speed, he reared back and threw the knife at Thomas. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The cab sped around the comer of West Broadway, and the gray lady sitting in the middle screeched, “Look out! Go left!” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

By mid-semester, my typing speed had improved, but not my accuracy. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

While the train gains speed everybody rushes for the ladders and scrambles for a safe place where they cannot be grabbed and forced back from their goal of El Norte. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess we could hit speed reverse and see if we can come up with something. Assuming I can get into the security files again.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

So instead I'd better move...Bobby’s years of playing intense speed games helped lead to his ability to instantly comprehend the relationships of the pieces on the board. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Doug pulled her braid and ran into the lobby at full speed. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She boasted sixty oars, a single sail, and a long lean hull that promised speed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Once we were out of the yard, the train picked up speed. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mind is already speeding, thinking of designs and patterns and colors. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I practically ran out of O-Hall, which was a mistake, because the speed at which I was moving made me feel sick again. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

As the ambulance speeds away, he lifts one muff to say so only I hear, “My Amelia Mouse roared.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

A checkered flag waves and our cars speed off, zipping down virtual city streets and jumping over police cars. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He picked up speed, throwing his weight onto his huge front shoulders, crooked tail lifted behind him like a flag. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost midnight when a car sped into Dwayne Smiths driveway. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“This next one will impress them. When I call, start pumping the bellows, and whatever happens do not slow down, or speed up, or stop. There’s fiddly work involved.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Put your seat belt on,” he hollered over the engine noise, and then he hit the throttle and the J-3 bop- hopped forward and we went speeding across the green outfield grass. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You’ll want to hit the fence with enough speed to break through, but not enough for us to lose control and flip into the channel.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He ran full speed downhill for the West Branch of the Delaware, looking at rocks and trees for white streaks of bird excrement that marked a peregrine falcon aerie. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The forest along both sides of the road was like a black wall — as hard as a wall of steel if we veered off the road at this speed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Indenting the plane’s body inward along that joint reduced the drag dramatically and resulted in an increase of as much as 25 percent in the planes speed for the same level of power. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

It was such a freeing feeling, whether on Wind Being’s back, or on Pond’s back, to be traveling at this speed. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But she was afraid to accelerate for fear of running into a speed trap. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men dove away from the road as two buses rounded a curve and sped past, carrying night-shift workers to Vemork. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Science and technology were developing at a prodigious speed, and it seemed natural to assume that they would go on developing. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

If the train speeds up again, everyone climbs back up. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Her pencil tapped against her notebook at Morse code–speed and her face was burning red. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Since the game was tag, I used my speed instead of power. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Staying in the darkest shadows, under the bushes when we could, we sped away from Nimh, not knowing or caring at first what direction we were going. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I took off with all the speed I could muster, trying to get as close to them as possible before I threw the ball. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

That was how Reni had finally gone under: misjudging the speed he could leap aboard. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The bus bounced over a speed bump into the school driveway. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

But with digital technology, researchers say the amount of information, the speed of its delivery, and, pointedly, its interactive nature, have changed our world by orders of magnitude. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The theory of relativity says that the rocket power needed to accelerate a spaceship gets greater and greater the nearer it gets to the speed of light. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the magic speed that had made Boobie so spectacular would be gone for sure. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lights grew brighter as they sped away from the shore. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Sometimes things take a certain length of time, and they cannot be speeded up. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Traveling at high speeds, often in the dead of night, to evade authorities, drivers became adept at navigating winding roads and making hairpin turns. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Then we played speed chess up on the third floor, which I was no good at but he didn’t wipe me out too fast. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She left the ladies with the knickknacks and sped over. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Kendra doubted that a team of horses could have matched the tireless speed of his loping strides. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

A black motorboat was speeding towards them with no running lights. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The years of young womanhood passed, and her typing speed increased. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The speed and power and grace of the adults was startling by contrast, and Mary saw how much a growing youngster must long for the day when the wheels would fit. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“But here we are, speeding down the road. And we are speeding, aren’t we, Great-Aunt Tootie? Surely we are exceeding the posted speed limit?” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Most objects in the universe don't have a speed that every observer can agree on. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

But in order to accelerate the air to the necessary speed, giant wooden turbines had to accelerate the blast through the entirety of the tunnel’s circuit. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I held on by instinct and shouted “Hey!” to Estraven to slow him down, thinking he had speeded up on a smooth patch. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

A big red Hummer swerved out of the way, though, and cursed at us before speeding off. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“It records my distance and speed, and I can adjust it for degree of difficulty.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

But La Belle Sauvage was moving fast; in a minute she had sped past, and the hill was behind them. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Something wrapped itself about him, falling at the same speed he was falling, and then there was the loud flapping of leathery wings and everything slowed. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She turned back steeply, lost no height, and swore again as the airframe shuddered, automatic flaps clattering alarmingly as the plane tried to decide what speed it was flying. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Not from the run—their typical speed was sprint; they rarely got tired—but from the weird. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Nail files, hedge trimmers, and homemade flamethrowers were more his speed. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

A huge truck on lifts speeds down the lane in front of us toward the exit. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I was put in rehab after our toast for change for possession of marijuana, but now that I’m in rehab, I’m addicted to speed. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I failed to ask, when it gets going at a big speed, how do I scramble on without losing an arm or a leg? Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

We speed past hills and shoot through the tunnel that launches us back into the city. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“Vibrating at high speed. Too fast for the human eye to follow...” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

And he did it for the same reasons that other business owners have embraced call centers: lower costs, greater speed and fewer mistakes. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

After proceeding gingerly at first, she grew in confidence and increased the speed of her descent. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She laughed merrily and, still walking backward, doubled her speed. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Can you speed it up a little?" he asks. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I paddle out into the middle of the river, where a bit of current will speed me on my way. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The streets are deserted, except for speeding military vehicles. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“She said they might have sped up before they hit her.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled back onto the road and sped after the parade of official vehicles. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

How c came to be the symbol for the speed of light is something of a mystery, but David Bodanis suggests it probably came from the Latin celeritas, meaning swiftness. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Above all, the special theory showed that the speed of light was constant and supreme. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then I started reading all the posted safety information on drinking and driving, texting and driving, speeding, and whatever else could happen. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She's clearly read my leg hitting her as a sign to speed up. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I got out on the ice and sped around a few times, even in my bulky goalie pads, and then hunkered down in the net as the guys slapped practice shots at me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It had these very funny, crazy plays in it, and then it had this one story about a traffic cop that falls in love with this very cute girl that's always speeding. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

They moved at a great speed as soon as they had left the hills, and made a noise like a rushing wind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He never stopped long enough to talk, he was always on the run, a blur of speed. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he was pushed from behind, propelled at top speed, while angry voices shouted at him—and at each other. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I would earn a world record for getting dressed at the fastest speed known to mankind. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His arms were manly and covered in coarse dark hair, but his voice was high and strange, as if it had been recorded and was now being played back at a faster speed. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I was running at top speed when someone stuck out a foot and tripped me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The electrical impulses in modern computers do, however, travel nearly at the speed of light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hidden in the underbrush, I watched the cars speed by, their headlights sweeping over me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He discovered that what had looked instantaneous from the outside, was, in fact, anything but, and not even close to light speed. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

We sped by Chili’s and Borders and Christiana Mall, and eventually, the snow started falling harder, white dashes shooting at the car and past the windows like light trailing from a thousand stars. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Harry broke into a run, and ahead he heard hooves gathering speed. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She speed walks through rows of junior parking, her hips swishing back and forth like those people who do Olympic speed walking. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Pulled boats across the sea at high speed bouncing over the waves. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Soon even the speeding up became automatic and again Francie’s mind was free. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The number must be few, since your hope is in speed and secrecy. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He began playing speed chess in rotation with both, in a hallway on the first floor of the club, and won every game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Only occasionally does a hunk of it shoot up at just the right speed and cool down with the necessary swiftness to become a diamond. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I floored it and burned rubber and was just picking up speed when suddenly I heard Ring, ring! Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Someone yanked her to the floor as pieces of the crimson tent began folding in on themselves, catching flame with alarming speed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“The peregrine falcon is the world’s fastest animal when it’s in its hunting stoop. It can dive at speeds near two hundred miles per hour.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The grey turned to black with alarming speed. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Time is speeding up, and with it, the pace of the action. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Dude, I really think it’s fine. I mean, we’ve only lost like five minutes. We don’t even have to push up the cruising speed.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

By the time the bell finally rang, I’d almost passed out from the exertion of trying to make time speed up. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The raptor had stayed at a slow stalk, presumably so Riker could get off a good shot, but the ankys scrambled forward at an unsettling speed. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“When he calls final approach, just pass him the wind speed,” Maddie instructed, scribbling furiously. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

But we kept slowing down, groping our way across the totally unobstructed plain, and it took a strong effort of will to speed up to a normal pace. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She turned and walked back toward the Hatchery as behind her the cargo boat moved with increasing speed toward the bridge and beyond. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

These particles speed out from the sun, and would go right on through the walls of a spacecraft and through the bodies of the astronauts. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Edit Words, Examples & Notes“The speed, the flick of the foil. The rush inside my head.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I lugged my bike out of the garage and sped down the sidewalk, whipped by the breeze in the blistering sun. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The bike picked up enough speed to go straight for a little bit. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

These items are power-ups—temporary bursts of super speed, wings to help you fly for short periods, shields of defense that can stop an enemy attack, and so on. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Still, I knew that Major League pitching needed more than just speed; control and a good curveball had to be there too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was little she always caught me, but as I got older I got faster, and when speed failed her she’d use her wits. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I yank my dress over my head, kick my shoes away, and speed walk on my toes. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

According to Ian Hacking there is no necessary agreement on basic measurements, such as the speed of light. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

My breathing speeds up as an assistant wearing a mask and surgical gloves approaches him. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

After conferring with my colleagues, I felt it necessary to speed up the process of normalization. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A general rule of racing is that virtually no horse can sustain his maximum speed for more than three eighths of a mile. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed the wheel back in, went too far this time, and the plane’s nose went below the horizon and the engine speed increased with the shallow dive. loo much. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pressing my hand to my heart, I feel the speeding thud of it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

With Mach 1 achieved, engineering imaginations broke free of all previous speed limits. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

What is magic about the speed of light? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cars sped by, blurs of red, blue, gold. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I’d been up for close to three days and had taken so much speed that I could practically see the individual atoms pitching in to make up every folding chair. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Flying out of the water, I opened my eyes just in time to see an enormous brown shape, mossy and slick, pushing away at an incredible speed. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Adam walked through the dark town, increasing his speed as though his loneliness sniffed along behind him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

As the taxi sped along, Mami had to repeat the address for the driver because the man could not understand Papi's accent. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

At that he walked faster, aware all at once of urgency and the declining sun and a little wind created by his speed that breathed about his face. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Another call might be tricky, but I can help speed up her case. Now what do you have for me?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The engines accelerated, and the plane sped off in what must be the direction of Fairbanks. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But naturally occurring uranium also contained U-235, which was much more fissile—highly likely to split after absorbing a neutron of almost any speed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Here on the open sea, you’d measure your distance by checking your speed, and multiplying that by how long you had sailed that fast. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two of them had been brainstorming ways to speed up the demolition of Riverview Middle School. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

This is the only time of day when she's not moving at full speed. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They emerged and flew about in the way of flies, in great, lazy orbits except when they came close to each other, when they spiralled together with dizzying speed and a burst of buzzing. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

That night, when trucks speed past, their headlights flash, and the RV trembles and shivers against their power. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Across the room, Herrera shot across the practice mat, a graceful mix of power and speed. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

On the morrow he would leave the road and strike out overland through field and bush and stream to throw off pursuit, but for the moment speed was more important than deception. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then Wood was speeding toward him, half-blinded by tears; he seized Harry around the neck and sobbed unrestrainedly into his shoulder. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

An oily breeze blew over them as teeth bit against one another and spun up to their maximum speed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Herbert also sped off down the street, trailed by the Communist gang. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t trust these speeding cars with too much road around them. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I’m stuffing things into a bag at lightning speed. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Harry saw the boys’ mother waving and their sister, half laughing, half crying, running to keep up with the train until it gathered too much speed, then she fell back and waved. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s the difference between playing chess by mail and speed chess.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

They are huge walls of water bearing down on everything in their path at speeds of up to fifty miles an hour. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

With shells exploding all around, the bus sped to a military airbase and stopped in front of a complex that had once been General Westmoreland’s headquarters. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They set out again, and made good speed, reaching the village of Heathcot by dusk. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Because there’s no way I could ever achieve escape velocity: the speed an object must reach in order to break away from another object’s gravitational pull. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

"Roza! Take her to the shop with you and get her up to speed." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Ball!” she said, and then banged her head into his knee, on purpose, to speed him up. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

That night she stole out of the house and sped along the dark path to the ship, where they were rejoicing in their good fortune with no thought of evil. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time they fired their second shot, the balloon was almost out of range, hurtling up into the blue and speeding out over the sea. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the audience on the platform listened in disbelief, a higher note came from the train as it approached, and a lower note emanated as it sped away. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Side by side, they pushed the second trolley forward, gathering speed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The Town Gran moved at warp speed, pushing the Witchlings behind her. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Her suspicion had proved right—at top speed, there hadn’t been much warning. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Knowing better than to hesitate, Sheed pedaled into the descent, doubling his speed. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Note that this reflects top speed, not average speed over a distance, which would be slower. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Here, let me hold on to your elbow. That way we can walk closer to your speed instead of mine. You can be my eyes for a few blocks, okay?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the quiet, relative peace that surrounded our careful efforts to be inconspicuous, time sped up. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“We are having a bit of trouble with our high speed protons,” he wrote to Swann. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Then she scoops up a snowball and with lightning-fast speed pins me right in the chest. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She washed and dressed at twice her customary speed. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Annabeth tried to speed up, but she couldn’t go much faster without losing her balance or jarring her broken ankle. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He tried to put on an extra burst of speed, but his legs would not obey. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A feeling of horror came over me and a moment later I was out the door and running full speed down the hill to Miss Volker’s house. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Smith’s plan to keep Kayak’s speed a secret worked. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the train gains speed, they surround a group of migrants. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He was rowing steadily and it was no effort for him since he kept well within his speed and the surface of the ocean was flat except for the occasional swirls of the current. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt really wobbly when he first got going, but as he picks up a good enough speed to throw a breeze our way, I appreciate the control I’m entrusting to him. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I need to talk to you in private,” Harry muttered to Ron and Hermione as the train picked up speed. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Now they were speeding along with little hope of stopping or turning, whatever they might meet ahead. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then Payne redid his experiment, only this time he sped it up. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Dicey walked at half her normal speed, because of Sammy’s short legs. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No idea,” Harry lied, putting on a spurt of speed that took him as far away as possible from Colin. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

After the Cambrian explosion, exquisite new adaptations followed one another with comparatively breathtaking speed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gunned the engine and the J-3 began to jitter and lean forward, and once it started rolling down the runway it quickly picked up speed. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Smith did little more than make a few grunts about Seabiscuit having good speed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he took off in a blaze of speed, his bare feet churning on the dirt. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Every now and then a car passes, speeding down the street on its way to somewhere. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The inmates commandeered an approaching vehicle, forced White inside, and sped away. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

By their labor the slave populations allow the tempo of continuous warfare to be speeded up. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

When the stone is speeding, it is aimed, one string is released, and the stone zings to its mark. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ladies of Mrs. Corcoran’s age usually went in pretty heavily for the Valium and so forth but she had enough speed to send a gang of Hell’s Angels on a cross-country rampage. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Wednesday will be fine. But later than that and we’ll have to have a discussion about what we can do to get you up to speed.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Standing up on my pedals, I sped after it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I dove toward my cell door as if from the path of a speeding train. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Things then unravelled, like a film of the events of the previous two decades being run backwards at high speed. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

On the County Road, she speeds up to fifteen and grips the wheel like we’re doing a hundred and five. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The team zipped on at rocket-paced speed, feeding off one another’s knowledge and skill. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Coach tells Pop about the hit-and-run—how Erin was walking home from practice and a car came around the corner just as Erin was crossing the street, hit her, and then sped away. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rambled on about how a planet’s distance from the sun was directly related to the speed at which it traveled. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Now, if you've never seen a Greek chariot, it’s built for speed, not safety or comfort. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

High on crystal, the gang and I would tool down the beltway, admiring the traffic cones and bright yellow speed bumps. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Every second seems to be shooting by at top speed. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Invigorated by their plan, the Baudelaire orphans swung their axes at an amazing speed, and soon enough they were done chopping firewood and ready to go to the bank. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Outside, the drivers helped them into the cars, and off they sped to the Film Academy. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

His lion reflexes were built for speed in combat. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Their blades struck and warded and struck again with such speed that the eye could scarcely see them. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

As I hop along on my crutches, Danielle adjusts her speed so we can walk side by side. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He taxied away without looking back and as soon as he was clear of the reeds he gunned the engine, increasing speed until the plane was roaring across the lake. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

The average speed of trains was fifteen to twenty miles per hour. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Alice danced to Jasper’s side and whispered in his ear; her lips quivered with the speed of her silent speech. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Aren’t they magnificent? Thirteen has been studying their aerodynamics here for years. Forward and backward flight, and speeds up to sixty miles per hour. If only I could build you wings like these, Katniss!” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

On account of this rotation the entire universe appears to revolve with enormous speed. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“It’s standard operating procedure. Fostering trust speeds communication.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

But all at once, his turn speed emerged. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still holding Mango tight, I lower my head and rest it on his as the propeller speeds up. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Dad went from factory to factory, installing his time-saving systems, reducing worker fatigue, so as to speed up production. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reek picked his way between them carefully, following the remnants of the log-and-plank road that Robb Stark’s vanguard had laid down across the soft ground to speed the passage of his host. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The people raised and put down their feet in the moonlight, drifting with great speed, wide-eyed, until the crowd, all ten of them, halted at the landing. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her coughs slowed down, but my heart sped up. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I placed the can back in Shea’s bag, satisfied with my work— and our speed. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Happy music sounds like the music they play at the beginning of baseball games, except sped up, and looped over and over and over again, until every lady in the church catches the spirit. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He cranked up his automobile and sped off, sending a plume of dust to settle on Shady’s clean bar top. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She sped down the steps and across the quadrangle, between the chapel and Palmer’s Tower and into the Yaxley Quad, where the oldest buildings of the College stood. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He bounded across the yard at top speed, jumped the neighbor’s hedge, then hit the ground and kept on going. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

They swung heavily and slowly at first, but picked up speed, swinging farther with each pass. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Overhead fans whirled at maximum speed, cutting through the humid summer funk. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

On three legs, the dog moved with the same lightning speed that had carried him to the throat of a grounded raccoon. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A silent gray missile sped out of the forest. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I can’t keep up with the tiny moving bus now that it’s speeding faster and faster. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He’s been mixing speeds and trajectories the whole time Brayden, Ernesto, and I have been out here, but so far, I’ve chased down every ball, and I’m chasing down this one, too. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Then she leapt to her feet, said, “See you at dinner!” and departed at high speed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

"Five things, Grayson," he says as he puts the car into drive and speeds off, without ever relinquishing his shaky hold on the can of Red Bull. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Fitzgerald sped back to the track and began a frantic hunt for a last- minute replacement. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next moment he had sped up, dragging Hermione along with him; she slipped a little on the ice. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Whoa,” I yell as we speed through a roundabout, and I grab the handle as the driver swerves to miss a cyclist. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Before I knew it, I found myself speed walking to catch up with her. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I had a lamp, and I began to use oxygen to speed up my ascent. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He woke once to go to the bathroom, and a cowboy was standing on top of a speeding stagecoach, shooting Indians. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second he got outside, he started scampering to the car with the speed of a little boy going to open his birthday presents. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he speeded up as he smelled the fresher scent and his blue dorsal fin cut the water. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But is it possible, in terms of practical engineering, to travel close to the speed of light? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Away from speeding lacrosse balls and apples and swatting sticks. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Punting against the river was tough work, but this guy was making good speed. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Peter asked the pilot to fly low circles around the pyramids while he put together the perfect match of light, lens, angle, and shutter speed. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

We pass thoughts around, from mind to mind, so compulsively and with such speed that the brains of mankind often appear, functionally, to be undergoing fusion. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she sped off, she heard an explosion, and then another. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The Fire Swamp R.O.U.S.s were a pure rat strain, weighed usually eighty pounds, and had the speed of wolfhounds. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Because there are no hormones or antibiotics in their feed to speed growth, they get to live a few days longer. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Then they turned their boat and drove it with all the speed they could against the stream back to Parth Galen. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

My legs buckled beneath me, and the floor rose up to meet me at a sickening speed. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The black horses speed up until each is trotting beside a white horse. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

All we could do was slow up and watch as they sped around a last row of cars toward the parking lot exit. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

As the truck picked up speed, rumbling back up toward the road, he left the cover of the rocks, ran forward and pulled himself in. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

These calls are probably monitored and he’s not trying to lose his job by speeding through this. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We sped past the Publix shopping plaza, the wind whistling in my ears, and bounced over the train tracks. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He slowed, as a large black truck sped past, overtaking them with a spray of slush. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

A lightning that cannot strike twice, our lesson learned in the hateful speed of light. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His findings were as follows: That falling bodies acquire speed as they fall. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He went airborne and Wilkins, coming full speed from his corner- back position, lowered his helmet and hit him in the side with a savage crack like the sound of a shot from a revolver. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the raven were acting like a photon, then an observer on the train and the person standing still would have to agree on the value for the raven’s speed. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Maddie fought the aircraft for a while, straightened the rudder, felt the speed increase as Dympna’s laborious cranking of the undercarriage began to progress and the extra drag fell away. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I focused on speeding down the narrow concrete passageway, down the stairs into a dark cellar, where one of the men walking ahead of us switched on a flashlight. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that case, a police officer pulled over Robert Robinette, allegedly for speeding. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He was a heavy beast, and took a long time to gain speed. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

They played the film at high speed so they could watch cell division on the screen in one smooth motion, like a story unfolding in a flip book. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I ran on board and left Axrenox, jumping to light speed as soon as I reached orbit. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I could see now that his mech’s weakness was its lack of speed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

So Rowan did, and they sped off into the frosty Fulcrum City night. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

For two days the Astrea trimmed sail to the speed of the floundering vessels. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would leave right now, she was about to leave—but then Paolo saw her and ran at her, top speed, like a little boy, stopping short before he crashed. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Her lightness prolongs both our suffering but it is my safety since he has great speed that he has never yet employed. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As often as I could I chose the small wood roads, and they are not conducive to speed. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But since he has had a good taste of what speed will do, and his both legs Broke & hip injury he now has slowed down on that I’m sure. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then it turns over, thinks a bit, and begins spooling backwards, slow at first. . . speeds up. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

The equant was a device for speeding up and slowing down the movement of a body in the heavens by measuring its movement not from the centre of a circle but from another point. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Bottles of wine to speed the body's recovery. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We turned around to watch it speed away. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

A group of twenty or more was running at breakneck speed up and down the street in front of Central High School, their rifles with bayonets pointed straight ahead. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We turn onto a different highway, and the speed limit goes back up incrementally, but Radar is driving slowly anyway. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

At his insistence she was removing her clothes, and at such speed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The wet brain matter slowed the ball’s speed, absorbing enough of its energy to prevent it from exiting the other side of the skull through the president’s face. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

About an hour after midnight the fear fell on them a third time, but it now seemed more remote, as if it were passing far above the clouds, rushing with terrible speed into the West. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

But the trees flew by at deadly speeds, always missing us by inches. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But on the roads their interests were engines, and weather, and maintaining the speed that makes a predictable schedule possible. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The speed of any given star around the center of the Galaxy is generally not the same as that of the spiral pattern. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I turned, the chalk screeched on the board and a deep-red zigzag shape sped across my field of vision. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

How could she have been so stupid, speeding up just when Shay’s note said to be careful? Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The speeding ticket that my mother had been waiting in line to pay when she met my father was the only one she’s ever gotten. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Calculating the pressure distribution over a particular airfoil at a transonic speed could easily take a month to complete for the most experienced of mathematicians. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Instead of slowing it down with useless detail as she had done in the beginning, she speeded up the work. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She could feel the ripple of speed and the flash of color as she loped through the forest. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

As the rocket’s engines blasted away, we left the earth slowly and then got going faster and faster until finally we had enough speed to overpower the pull of the earth’s gravity. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the speed round, you can point or gesture all you want. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He automatically subtracted ten miles an hour from the speed whenever he discussed the matter with Mother. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we had leveled out with any more speed, or at any steeper an angle, we would have totaled, or even flipped. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

As the afternoon sped by and the clock ticked down to airtime, Welles became more frenzied. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Alvarez sped over the pier again, strafing the bigger ship from barely a hundred feet above the water. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Really? You want me to throw you in front of a speeding truck?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The news of what had happened sped round the farm like wildfire.The bank-notes were forgeries! Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Oksi had disappeared over the mountain, and she was speeding to catch up with her daughter. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

When he spotted a falcon ahead of him, Thiazi let out a scream of rage and increased his speed. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I speed toward him, then slow down just in time to confuse him on my approach. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The souvenir pamphlet noted that even a full load of passengers had “no more effect on the movements or the speed than if they were so many flies”—an oddly ungracious allusion. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The speeding neutrons would collide with other uranium atoms, causing them to fission also. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last the train started up in earnest, going slowly at first, then picking up speed. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

With great speed he went through the dresser, drawer by drawer, opened her purses, the little box by her bed—and he stood still. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

These nonrelativistic starships, enormously expensive as they would be, look relatively easy to design and build and use compared to starships that travel close to the speed of light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he sped back down the stairs and into the common room, skidding to a halt where Ron and Hermione sat, looking stunned. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They had sped up the hill and down its other side, and the opportunity was lost. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the train sped up, Styx moved to the doorway. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

A special courier arrived at full speed from North Humberiand, and delivered a message to the bridegroom. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still six hours ahead of them, at the speed they were making. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Provided that the motor can move me through the air at a certain speed.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we went through the gate and an outer check-point, and the driver picked up speed. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Light waves should travel through the ether as sound waves travel through air, and their speed should therefore be relative to the ether. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shooting across the clouds like a crossbow in the sky speeds a peregrine falcon. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can try to speed things up, but there’s a risk it will backfire. You know women.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He would have to push the nose down to keep flying speed and then, just before he hit, he would have to pull the nose back up to slow the plane as much as possible. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would speed around campus in that Volkswagen, Ojiugo driving and Nicholas’s arm hanging from the front window, music blaring, bends taken sharply, and once with a friend lodged in the open front boot. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But I was impressed it could maintain that speed with all the extra weight. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hurtled himself into the air, bulleted down the river valley, made a two-circle loop, climbed, and sped back to the bridge. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Like a pilot dipping the plane into a tailspin to practice pulling back out, she would deliberately take photos out of focus, with the wrong shutter speed or the wrong ISO, to see what happened. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now he was running simply to save his life, and that at a speed he had never touched before, a speed he knew he could not keep up. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d walk into a factory like the Zeiss works in Germany or the Pierce Arrow plant in this country and announce that he could speed up production by one-fourth. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rather than normal meal kits, most of the food was cubed protein bar material, which would still be edible even if Iris failed to deploy its tumble balloons and impacted at incredible speed. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s going at a good speed now, Luke is gripping the wheel. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

At once the white horse sprang away and sped like the wind along the last lap of the Road. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I sped into the living room where Big Ma sat, going through the mail. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She took the steps three at a time and sped down Broad Street toward home. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

These clouds were moving as the result of pure chance, the effect of utterly, random events at the level of atoms and molecules; their shadows speeding over the grassland had no meaning at all. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was a smart idea, but I guess it’s not so easy when your shoes are pulling you along feetfirst at full speed. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

In the previous twenty-four hours the wind speed had not fallen below 107 miles an hour, and often gusted much higher. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then, without warning, the cheetah shot out from the shade with blinding speed, rocketing right at us. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

At the same time I knew that Jonathan was not far off; looking around I saw on the north side of the coming party two other men, riding at break-neck speed. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The big question was: What happens when a speeding neutron crashes into a uranium atom? Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flocks of birds, flying at great speed, were wheeling and circling, and traversing all the land as if they were searching for something; and they were steadily drawing nearer. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The speed limit is seventy, but I make myself stay at sixty. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I tried husking corn and blistered my slow clumsy hands while experienced field hands sped through the work effortlessly, enjoying themselves. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

As if to demonstrate his excitement, Mr. Curtain shot backward in his wheelchair at breakneck speed, screeching to a stop beside his desk. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the close proximity and speed of the bats, none of the people had any trouble staying mounted. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her heart speeds up every time she thinks of it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my bike and headed full speed down the old road. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The neighbors would see him water- falling down High Street, carried by the momentum of his speed, and they’d cry out, “Going for the Olympics, Goob?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Conor,” his grandma said as the car raced down the road at alarming speed. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

A speed enthusiast knows that everything he says or does is brilliant. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He put on an extra burst of speed, but the Farm Patroller grabbed Matt’s backpack and reined in his horse. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She speeded up and refused to be shaken off. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The planets sped up on approaching the Sun and slowed down on retreating from it. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart seemed to speed up and slow down. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

In bebop, whole tracks were devoted to helter-skeltering instruments, sometimes solo, sometimes in coordinated groups, tumbling across notes at high speed, wilfully oblivious of the harmonies to which they once belonged. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The go-cart sped into the street, where it was first crushed by the Cadillac, then demolished entirely by the Ford, which blared its horn loudly and screeched to a stop. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They gained speed as they climbed toward the dark sky, the entire hill like a giant ramp before them. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I cashed in a savings bond left: to me by my grandmother and used the money to buy what I hoped would be enough speed to get me through the month. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“You must tell her,” he said, “that she must get her speed up. I can’t keep her on, even as a spare hand, unless she can maintain a proper pace.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how fast the machines speeded up, Lyddie was somehow able to keep pace. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Maurice, a beginner in X-ray diffraction work, wanted some professional help and hoped that Rosy, a trained crystallographer, could speed up his research. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

She regained control and urged it forward again, bringing it back to full speed before the hovercars could turn back around. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t know the exact distance or my walking speed. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I put down my spoon, my heart speeds up, I go to the window again: will it be blue and not for me? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Time does not speed up or slow down. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In a burst of speed, he zigzagged through the debris, leaping over chunks of ice and clambering up the face of the glacier. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I felt excited, but a little panicked, too, as I sped down the creek, squinting into the icy spray and scanning the thick tangle of brown brush and newly budding trees along the narrow shoreline. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

But Smith had never seen a horse—any horse—flash this kind of speed, not in a workout, not in a race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Frog jumped up to a speed of four and a half knots. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I always sat at the bow, dangling my feet over the side, letting the water tickle my toes as we sped through the intracoastal toward the deep sea. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Keep close, everyone. Cloaks off. We need speed now. No time for stealth.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

So I speed along, slowing only after I’ve gone around the tip and am on the island’s other side and back to a forested zone. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

On a bombing run with the Norden sight, Louie would visually locate the target, make calculations, and feed information on air speed, altitude, wind, and other factors into the device. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Even at the speed of light it would take two centuries for a radio message to get from there to here. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

So we walked over to the Eagle’s house, told him we were going to eat turkey trailer- park style, and sped away in the hatchback. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I peered past him as a car sped by, making a soft whooshing sound. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

We’re sprinting at the speed of light when the ground gives way and we rise into the air as if racing up stairs. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

"If the seal on the bridge doesn't hold, we'll get sucked out at close to the speed of sound. We'll be jelly with or without suits on." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The great assembly line pushed cows and hogs forward at the usual lightning speed, so that workers had no time to turn their thoughts or bodies to anything else. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I was prepared to use whatever means to speed up the erasure of human prejudice and the end of chauvinistic and violent nationalism. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the ship reaches relativistic velocities, the hydrogen atoms will be moving with respect to the spaceship at close to the speed of light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within hours of his birth, he had known how to run, and speed had been the measure of his life ever since. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tires drove onto the smooth pavement, and their speed increased as his father drove them into traffic. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She forged ahead with such speed that the sled seemed to lift up off the ground and fly. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up speed and a shout of exhilaration rises within me, stopped only by the wind that fills my mouth the second my lips part. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The higher we get, the fewer people there are, and when the street is empty, I speed up and pass her. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We speed up, our feet moving more and more quickly. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

It revved loudly as it went over the speed bump, and even from the verandah, I could see where the color had faded to a rusty orange. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The creatures swung upward, hung poised against the sky for an instant, then climbed swiftly and sped westward. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Her walk turning into a run as the Madras Mail picked up speed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flying link whistled past my ear with the speed of a bullet. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Detective Geyer, now galvanized, told Ryves to meet him in front of the neighboring house in exactly one hour; then he and Cuddy sped to the home of the realtor who had arranged the rental. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The ships whispered promises of speed and salt air and open horizons. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

My heart speeds up for no good reason that I can figure. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back in his private room, Stalin told his foreign secretary, “We’ll have to have a talk with Kurchatov today about speeding up our work.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched as Seabiscuit’s body flattened down, his speed building, humming over the rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to imagine myself moving lightning fast on the strip with this new weapon that seemed engineered for speed. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The turtle was a fast swimmer, but it couldn’t match Arion’s speed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And even when you drive at high speed, the hills that mark the boundaries recede before you. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don't you eat a bunch of speed and try to keep up with the rest of us?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The squirrel performed what looked like an intricate acrobatic dance, followed by several cartwheels at lightning speed. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He pointed out that speed was absolutely essential in this undertaking. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

They kept no order, thrusting, jostling, and cursing; yet their speed was very great. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He handled the car expertly, picking up speed at the beginning of each block and slowing slighdy as he approached each street intersection. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The clouds were parting, and through the dark gap a figure was speeding down: small at first, but as it came closer second by second, the form became bigger and more imposing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Tally lay almost flat to cut down wind resistance, coaxing every ounce of speed from Croy’s board It didn’t look like she’d make it to the next cover before the two cars had swung around. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The people of the Protectorate saw a cloud of dust and smoke speeding toward the town walls. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It was like running full speed into a brick wall. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I hunch down until I’m as low on the board as I can go—the change speeds me up, and I rocket toward the marble. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Fencing is warp speed but my mind slows time. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Much earlier I spoke of the changes at state lines, changes in Highway English, in prose forms on the signs, changes in permitted speeds. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Proteins coax and control these fundamental chemical reactions in the cell—speeding some and slowing others, pacing the reactions just enough to be compatible with living. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

What happens is that deep in the Earth there is an explosion that fires, in effect, a cannonball of magma to the surface at supersonic speeds. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He missed Pippin, and felt that he was only a burden, while everybody was making plans for speed in a business that he did not fully understand. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The cabbie slammed the back door and sped around the curved driveway, narrowly missing the Mercedes that Sandy was driving to the parking lot. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she managed to get through an entire week without crying, overcoming all the tests Nicolas imposed, she won a prize, which almost always consisted of a motorcycle ride at breakneck speed—an unforgettable experience. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cars zipped by at impossible speeds, and clouds tumbled across the skyline as though driven by force-ten gales. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I was traveling with hundreds of people all walking at all different speeds. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry felt his hair fly back off his forehead; his nerves left him in the thrill of the flight; he glanced around, saw Malfoy on his tail, and sped off in search of the Snitch. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Third problem: how to increase speed on the job. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I watch carefully to make out if Kelsey’s lips are actually moving, but it is mostly Joe doing the talking, and I notice his lips speed up just when Colin slows down. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

He jumped and grabbed it, and shutting his mind to the sound and sight of the water, he ran back and then speeded forward. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

There are no fancy feet anymore, just straight-up speed and endurance, which is what I have on these guys. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Once the bus is full, the bus attendant slams the sliding door and stands in the stepwell as we speed out of the otogar. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Jason took in his hands a golden goblet and, pouring a libation of wine into the sea, called upon Zeus whose lance is the lightning to speed them on their way. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I finished my work for Mr. Turner with all the speed I could, aiding in the extinguishing of candles and the stowing of chairs. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Dad swerved the boat, cut speed, and ducked the craft into a little branch canal and under an ancient, crumbling stone wharf that smelled of crab flesh. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of the usual one to two hours, speed chess often takes only ten minutes to complete; five minutes or less if the players want to challenge themselves even more. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A better way would be to place a ruler gently next to the pencil, but in fact, comparing the lengths of the two objects also changes the pencil’s speed a tiny bit. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Can’t fool me: her speed may be slow, but her tempo is next year’s news. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tibbets knew he’d need every inch of the runway to build up enough speed to get his heavy plane into the air. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The work you are doing is of tremendous importance and must go forward with all possible speed,” Stimson urged. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a bicyclist or two or twenty, speeding home after work, their wheels zizzing by her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

With all deliberate speed, civil rights organizations became “professionalized” and increasingly disconnected from the communities they claimed to represent. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Three North Vietnamese boats sped up and fired torpedoes at the Maddox. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Before either of them could respond, he jammed his foot onto the pedal and sped away. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Papi slows often for the speed bumps that have been appearing all over the city. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He guessed that was the signal to advance and sped away again, till his chest was like fire. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

With lightning speed he pulled it out and put it to his mouth. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whether or not a child cheated on, say, the word completion test was not an iron-clad predictor of whether he or she would cheat on, say, the underlining ^4’s part of the speed test. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slam the door shut, and my dad speeds off down the road, a cloud of dust settling behind him. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The minimum speed you need to throw the rock to enable it to escape is called, naturally enough, the escape velocity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I was startled by the sound of the garage door opening and the sight of Mr. Donnelly backing toward me at high speed. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Suit yourself," he said, waved, and the launch turned and sped away. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The wobbling wheel was making us Ipse speed, even though the horses were responding to my every command, running like a well-oiled machine. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I love the feeling of the long grass skimming my ankles as we speed past groups of picnickers. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The statue toppled, slowly at first, then gaining speed as the weight fell from the sky to the ground. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that prospect, my heart sped up and my hands started to sweat. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her dæmon, Sergi, a bluethroat, sped out of the dark alongside her. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only does time change with speed, so do length and mass. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He was drifting; drifting back into his rut; and he was picking up speed. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

On January 1, Orde-Lees was skiing near the edge of the floe when a twelve-foot-long, fanged leopard seal lunged up out of the water and began humping toward him at astonishing speed. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

But dawns here came on as suddenly as sunsets, and it wasn’t too long before the trail was bright enough for me to walk at normal speed. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

From halfway across the parking lot, safe in her own speed and in shadows, Dicey stopped. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart beats at the speed of sound. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Einstein realized that there is one way around this: the flow of time changes, depending on an observer’s speed. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The pilot cut the speed and began the complex business of adjusting the height. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Around me, the world speeds up like a movie on fast-forward. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

With breathtaking speed and skill, the tiny creature raced up the trunk of the old elm. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

"No doubt your friends will ride that way when they come after us. I wish them good speed." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She sped up to a jog, heading for the green hills filled with wildflowers so tall and thick they waved like new corn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless, our offer to speed that task by giving them the Cambridge molds for making the models was only halfheartedly received. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

She went down Main Street, sped over Elm Street, and landed on the cupola of the courthouse. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

It was designed to increase the speed, lower prices, and raise the volume of sales. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

The motor roared, and Mr. Levy sped away within a few seconds, leaving a settling cloud of blue exhaust. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sped the moped after the runaway horse, fighting to keep his seat as the tires caught on the edge of the road through town. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The strange man raised his palms upwards as well as his hands and the bus jerked forward and gathered speed down the high street. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched the emergency lights beyond Liam’s head pass with dizzying speed, tracking together like a single beam. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He missed the city life, its speed, its intensity, its hustle. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, a barred truck might be speeding to Constantinople Street right now. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was laughing at me, laughing at the look on my face, at the speed with which I’d yanked the thing out of his hands, and finally he just smiled. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She spun her spear with lightning speed, but this time Percy was ready. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But, unlike Brent, he reverses course, stunning at warp speed—lunging, legs, arms, foil extending, then retreating. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She was so busy rereading and wondering, her curiosity speeding up her heart, she didn’t hear the soft footfalls climbing the ladder. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The ship had righted itself, continued to fly forward—though at a slower speed—and no one was reaching out of the window to offer any help. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Cursing her, they beat her to the ground and sped away. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Trans-earth injection meant igniting the command module’s engine to cause us to speed up enough to break the moon’s tug of gravity and send us on our way back to earth. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now we were taxiing, Barnie and me, bumping over the ground, gathering speed behind the yearning motor. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I admired the speed the entire Korean team seemed to have and how fearless the Russians were no matter who was on the other side of the strip. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Scientists even theorize that if you could take the position, speed, trajectory, and mass of every object in the universe and feed it into a supercomputer, you could predict the future of everything. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

When we finally pulled into the parking lot, my body had to adjust to sub-light speeds before I could pour myself out of the Smokemobile’s backseat and follow Sohrab to the ticket office. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He saw a need for clarity, speed, and no lawyers. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fast interstellar spaceflight—with the ship velocity approaching the speed of light—-is an objective not for a hundred years but for a thousand or ten thousand. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even in those brief seconds, Alex could feel the speed and the power of the computer. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The speed of sound, about 761 miles per hour at sea level in dry air at 59 degrees Fahrenheit, varied depending on temperature, altitude, and humidity. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Hagrid pulled out the pink umbrella again, tapped it twice on the side of the boat, and they sped off toward land. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Mariel staged her attack, pushing me down the strip, and as she accelerated with her arm a little behind in speed, I was able to hit her in preparation of her attack. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

As soon as he turned down Burman Street, Bryson could hear their feet quicken, hear the footfalls on the pavement speed up like rain going from drizzle to downpour. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Victor gets in his car and speeds to Althea. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like all that speed,” she said. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“She didn’t mean ...” My mouth sped to Fern’s rescue, but Cecile’s raised hand stopped me. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The music would look very different, but it would sound the same, as long as you made the beats the same speed. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

They had come to a rough kind of road by now and were making very good speed. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

She drove herself into a speeding train/jumped without a parachute/strapped on a weight belt and dived into the ocean. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

It starts at zero and eventually the galaxies are moving apart at a steady speed. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shoto was able to reach orbit and escape by making the jump to light speed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Look, I’ve heard you talking to Ms. Bethune about angles, light, speed, and all that other photography stuff. It really sounds like you know what you’re doing,” she said. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

La Belle Sauvage sped like a dart over the mad river, down towards Port Meadow, towards the wild waste of water that was sweeping through Oxford, towards whatever lay beyond. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They had no armor at all but relied on their speed and maneuverability in battle. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

After setting up half of them, I figured out I could drag them rather than carry them, and that sped things up. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a teenager’s bike, with a cut down Reynolds 531 frame, but the wheels were full-size so he could ride at speed with hardly any rolling resistance. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“You can never get a speeding ticket if you follow one of them,” he declared. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He takes us west at an amazing speed. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stallion responded to this new touch on the reins with mighty bursts of speed, so much so that Lluagor could barely keep pace. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Even at speeds approaching those of light, these are fantastically challenging distances for any traveling individual. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Patrice and I cling to each other as we speed over to our table. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I was running at top speed and I felt great. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Beats me,” Piper says like this is no big deal, but she’s chewing her gum at twice the usual speed. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then his eyes sped to each of the three adult wolves that made up his pack and finally to the five pups who were sleeping in a fuzzy mass near the den entrance. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

On a signal, they started moving forward in step, like a locomotive gaining speed. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they sped by, they stabbed the great beast with the tips of their spears. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

At once Malcolm backed the canoe out of the reeds and sped towards the spot under the oak tree where the man had been standing. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The men who had come to get us smiled as the truck sped along the dirt road, raising light brown dust that covered the bushes on the sides of the road. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Police can tell how fast a car is going by testing how light—in the form of radio waves—reflected off the speeding vehicle gets shifted. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Magdalys pulled the reins toward the islands and Missy growled in response, and then surged in the opposite direction before spinning back around and blasting forward full speed. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The farm cat was bewildered by the speed and fury of Bigwig’s charge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was always able to lose these idiots by jumping to light speed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

A wild undulating cry broke out as the train sped for safety. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

They had overestimated the speed with which they could defeat the Soviet army and underestimated the will to resist not only of the Soviet troops but also of the Soviet people. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He was picking up speed, skidding downhill like a bobsled. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

You said fifteen minutes seemed awfully slow for two trains going full speed. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Leaving the injured Shadow to the mice, Cluny sped off across the road. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Harry turned this way and that, staring through his Omnioculars, as the Quaffle changed hands with the speed of a bullet. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Barely waiting for her to shut the door, I shoved the gearshift into reverse and backed down the street with more speed than I’d ever driven forward. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rob managed to recover quickly, and they were speeding toward us again before we had a chance to catch our breaths. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Sheed’s speed was a natural gift, one he hoped to use as a Fry Flamingo one day. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Maxwell’s theory predicted that radio or light waves should travel at a certain fixed speed. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly it picked up speed, wheels squealing, lurching from one side of the narrow street to the other. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put everything she had into one last burst of speed. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Everything in my head blurs and speeds up and I shout: “What happened?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Another factor driving Lawrence’s ambition was the speed at which the rest of the cyclotron world was catching up to Berkeley. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I gripped the handlebars of the big green bike and leaned forward, head down, built for speed. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Men and women moved with high tiptoe leaps as though speed and posture might keep the snow from their shoes. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mutations, from which nature selects its new inventory of lifeforms, are produced in part by cosmic rays—high-energy particles ejected almost at the speed of light in supernova explosions. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were a long way from being fast—because nothing but practice gives speed—but we were reasonably accurate. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

It did not dive, but the nose went down slightly and the down-angle increased the speed, and he knew that at this angle, this slight angle down, he would ultimately fly into the trees. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart speeds as we approach the bend leading to the windows. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He bade the boy, who was present when Teiresias spoke, “Up, my child, and fly with all speed from the land before the city learns.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But no, first we had to prepare Mum Olga’s breakfast and wash all the dishes, and Mandy wouldn’t use the smallest magic to speed the process. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

With the push of another button the bags begin to swing back and forth at different speeds. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Fred and George, who had been spying on the Slytherin team, had seen for themselves the speed of those new Nimbus Two Thousand and Ones. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I tried to attack but I was moving at the speed of a glacier. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He hated athletics because it speeded up the process of sweat. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that, things fell into place with astonishing speed. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He tells me how the peregrine falcon hits speeds of 200 miles per hour in a dive. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Irina didn’t even have time to shout a warning to her pilot before suddenly the Po-2 turned and began to lose speed. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I push open the door and speed down the stairs. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He shouted at his crew to prepare for speed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The speed was impossible; at the mile mark, they were nearly a full second faster than a fifteen-year-old speed record. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I get close, my heart speeds anew. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Never exceeded the speed limit, always had his hands at ten and two, adjusted mirrors before each outing, you name it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry sped around a corner and a very strange sight met his eyes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The scenes speed around the world, from secret labs to commando raids to street-corner spy meetings. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up from the plains the riders sped, bent over their saddles, urging on their steeds. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

In other words, it will make it harder to increase its speed. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Petra heard the bang and watched his baloney sandwich, now airborne, cross the table with impressive speed. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

She was in her late twenties, a high- level speed cyclist, Olympic caliber. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Blackjack speeding along next to us, darting back and forth to avoid the pig’s wings. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The bus bounced over a speed bump and pulled into the school parking lot. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

They pinned themselves between the ladders, perched precariously above the blurred ground and slept in nodding shifts that broke off at abrupt moments when the train jerked forward or slammed to a slower speed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Direct measurements of the speed of light come much later, in the nineteenth century. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The war had been a freight train, traveling headlong at top speed. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The list of defects linked to chromosome disturbances has grown with surprising speed since the opening of this territory, hitherto beyond the boundaries of medical research. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

You obliterate yourself in the name of speed. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The bus began to pull away slowly and then gathered speed. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

We sped through the double doors and out into the parking lot. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Green mamba, mistress of camouflage, agility, aggressiveness, and speed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Roosevelt gunned his car engine and sped off. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover, their speed and distance were neatly proportional: the further away the galaxy, the faster it was moving. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

If someone shines a flashlight at you, the light rushes at you at a speed of c. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I wanted to burst into tears—or, better still, climb in the car and speed off while Katz was still frowning over his new, unfamiliar straps. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Walton’s blue car speeds away, past the church, past the garbage, and off to her own little land of sunshine. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

His dæmon, gliding and circling above, tipped her wings and sped to the ravine on a billowing updraft. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know the world is ever in motion, but the speed of change in the United States is simply dazzling. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I doubled my speed and burst into the moonlight. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

We were moving at 18,000 miles an hour, but there was not the blur of speed that one sees from a race car. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Military trucks speed by occasionally, raising clouds of dust and spits of gravel. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Little by little, the hearse was picking up speed and the old man was losing ground. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

She was looking in the far distance, as if she could actually see the city in its frenzy of excessive parties and frenetic couplings and speeding cars. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He didn’t see the owls swooping past in broad daylight, though people down in the street did; they pointed and gazed open-mouthed as owl after owl sped overhead. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Can it be anger, or the greater speed he makes that brings them out? The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

To accommodate the muted light, Fadi needed to hold the camera as steady as possible and use a longer shutter speed. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

When he heard her tapping her foot, he sped up, and she always kept up the pace. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

We will all be faster than Eric’s team, which will probably be good for capture the flag—I haven’t played before, but I know it’s a game of speed rather than brute force. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Maxwell’s equations predicted that there could be wavelike disturbances in the combined electromagnetic field, and that these would travel at a fixed speed, like ripples on a pond. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both of them bent low over the handles of their trolleys and walked purposefully toward the barrier, gathering speed. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

At the same time, the blades tend to slow down, so you have to twist your left wrist to add throttle, to keep the blades turning at the same speed. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no sign of Gurgi, but a white streak sped across the field. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know though, Cam. You think you can keep your speed without Lindsey one lane over?” The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“The train picked up speed faster than I thought.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I hold his gaze, weighing his speed against my own. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, they told me, taking the safest path home meant walking right down the middle of the street as cars sped past them on both sides. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Their speed had certainly picked up now, and the breeze was flicking white tips off the waves far below. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the crime rate began falling in the early 1990s, it did so with such speed and suddenness that it surprised everyone. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Indeed, the police make use of the Doppler effect to measure the speed of cars by measuring the wavelength of pulses of radio waves reflected off them. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The agents sped past the old trails that cowboys had once followed—trails that were now supplanted by cattle cars pulled by shrieking locomotives. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He took the photo and put it up in the dash part where the speed numbers are. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She sat down and pushed me aside, emptying the box onto the floor and sorting the letters into piles with the speed of a postal worker. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

It promised power, freedom, speed, adventure...all for the low, low price of $499.95. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The real questions were: How was I going to contribute to that progress, and wasn't there a way to speed it up? March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The speed round is a thing of beauty. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He was picked up by a limousine supplied by the Icelandic embassy, given his new Icelandic passport, and he and Miyoko, hand in hand, sped to Narita Airport. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Like we were all running the same race at the same speed. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Our speed, needless to say, had slowed considerably. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

By the time the Argo II reached top speed, Fort Sumter was only a blot in the distance, and they were racing across the waves toward the ancient lands. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Or in other words, gravitational effects should travel with infinite velocity, instead of at or below the speed of light, as the special theory of relativity required. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, the speed with which we talked about possible types of DNA structures gathered intensity as the morning went by. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Even as he watched, the speed seemed to pick up. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Another arrow sped past, landing in the abandoned nest. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Heart pounding, I lifted my hands to shield myself, as if that would stop a speeding bullet. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Therefore we need only probe your knowledge and speed and stamina. We need no enemy for this. The enemy is always in the mind. Visualize him.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, the conveyor is moving along at roughly the speed of a moving sidewalk. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Mathematics is often viewed as a subject for technicians, and mathematical talent is confused with rote skills, elementary programming ability, or speed of calculation. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion kicked at Pretty’s haunches to speed her to a charge as the sailors urged him on with hoots and shouts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We didn’t know what was going on, but we could see soldiers running along Pademba Road and army trucks speeding up and down in front of the prison area. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Father Gomez was impressed by the beauty of those wing-sails, by how they were flexed and trimmed so perfectly, and by the speed of the birds. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

In the end, Dinath pulled enough strings to speed up his release and left after serving only four months of his two-year sentence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The winds were light, and Frightful had to work hard to keep up her speed in the warm air below the tropic of Cancer. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I take the phone and speed walk back up the sidewalk. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Brent toys with him—most times retreating, but then adding a bounce to quicken his speed for a lunge, then hit. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Icy conditions and speed may have caused the crash. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I cry, and run full speed to greet him. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I know. This is how our ancestors must have felt,” I said as I sped up to walk beside the wagon. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

"You right. If they're fast enough. Don't a bullet travel at the speed of sound or something?" Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

At night we overheard strange, tearful arguments, in which Mother spoke in a quiet, slurred, slow-motion voice, like a phonograph record on the wrong speed, outlining the possibilities for our family’s demise. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A week later Bobby was back at the Marshall to play in the weekly speed tournament—christened the “Tuesday Night Rapid Transit” in homage to the New York City rapid transit subway system. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

While surfaced, the U-boat could travel faster—at about the speed of a bicycle. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Burning seawater streamed down its sides, and it let loose a soul-crushing bellow as it began to pick up speed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The Company set out again, with good speed at first; but soon their way became steep and difficult. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I caught Tamika up to speed, regurgitating my phone conversation with Dr. Spires about the possible food allergy. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Shay turned away and sped down the roller coaster, flying just above the track. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Beside us, you think and act with the speed of a bird. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The straightness of the way, the swish of traffic, the unbroken speed are hypnotic, and while the miles peel off an imperceptible exhaustion sets in. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never drove him faster than the speed limit. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Only when it fairly shimmered, when it seemed in its sleekness to be alive with the potential for speed, did Pocock pronounce the boat ready for use. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Whenever one of the missiles landed intact on the rubble pile, she would seize it, standing in full view as she whirled the corded iron round and round, releasing it in a blur of speed. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Pima was bigger than most of the light crew, but she was nothing against his father’s crystallized speed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The record book listed his growth, weight, speed, strength, and grades in National Socialist tests. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Plasterers used small furnaces called salamanders to speed drying and curing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She sped down, food in her talons, and landed on the floor of the box. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

During her life, she flew more than 140 different types of airplanes, setting records for altitude, distance, and speed. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

He opened his mouth, gulping at the heat and speed and smells of the jungle. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Harry, Ron, and Hermione talked more fully and freely than they had all week as the train sped them southward. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We stand on the escarpment for a long time, staring up at the cloud through which Frightful sped to freedom. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Main Street they tired of the amusement and sped off. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was running at us at full speed, and she was screaming, but I couldn’t hear her over the pounding rain until she was so close to us that I could see her spit flying. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

When she finally spoke, her voice started out slow, then picked up speed. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Dad wheeled the car around frantically and sped back to New London, breaking every traffic rule then on the books. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truck rumbled along through the dark, over bumpy streets at first, then, at a higher speed, over a smooth highway. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Saturday night came hurtling with the speed of a thousand maglev trains. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Though some trains were able to go sixty miles per hour, they were exceptions, and such a speed was achieved only over a short distance. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He then decided to speed up the process by increasing the dosage to ten and fifteen and administering it three times in a single day, until it resulted in five large evacuations. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

The speed that you don’t realize you are doing is your tangential velocity. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I quickly jumped in," Blake recalled, "and was driven at high speed to a safe flat in the neighborhood of Karlshorst," the main Soviet military and KGB compound in East Berlin. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She’s fine when she drives alone, but now she almost runs a stop sign, and speeds past a lady waiting at a crosswalk. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Dispatch your subjects with speed. You will be timed.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The ground no longer seemed to be heading towards him at the same speed. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

"Aye, but their proteins can refresh, and that speeds the healing." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

If he had an expression, it did not change as he took the letter nor when he read it, which he did at great speed, almost at a glance. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

That left her nothing to do but watch in amazement and horror as Arachne worked, her eight legs moving with hypnotic speed, slowly unraveling the silk strands around the statue. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We sped away from Central High School’s neighborhood and into more familiar streets where we should have felt safe. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rudder wouldn’t let me sideslip, and even at low speed with flaps down and no power the blasted thing wanted to stick its nose up. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Because they would be under enormous tension and could start in any configuration, they might accelerate to very high speeds when they straighten out. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Restlessness, impermanence, and speed were embedded in the culture that soon emerged there, along with an openness to anything new. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

Faster and faster he went and soon he was travelling at such a speed that the landscape became blurred. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran toward us at top speed, as if in a ridiculous hurry to catch us, even though we were sitting still. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Already she was becoming distant, carried away by the speed of the train. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the same thing for a person who zooms away at great speed. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

This showed that the real effect of a force is always to change the speed of a body, rather than just to set it moving, as was previously thought. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emily didn’t think it was possible to go any faster, but his voice prompted an extra jolt of speed. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

After reaching the open water, I slowed to half speed. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

They can spot with accuracy, on the wing, small insects, and they will home onto things they like with infallibility and speed. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It also meant that whenever a body is not acted on by any force, it will keep on moving in a straight line at the same speed. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a few seconds, Woolf and Seabiscuit had stolen the track from him, nullifying his post-position edge and his legendary early speed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Summer was cricket season but that would involve having a hard, heavy ball aimed at my body at significant speed. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

We run now, hunting for shelter, panic adding speed to Alan’s crooked run. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

With shocking speed, Aunt Lina had quit her job at the florist’s shop and moved down to the Southwest with Mrs. Watson. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Such ships could not travel close enough to the speed of light for special relativistic time dilation to become important. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water flowed through it at river speed. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

His strength and his movement and his speed were a machine. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

An automobile driver speeding by us blows his horn. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

On that last trip, he had given himself a really big boost to get the most speed possible, and he felt like he was flying. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

All day long we have travelled, and at a good speed. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Corelli’s typical concerto grosso was divided into three sections of contrasting speeds - slow-fast-slow or fast-slow-fast - after the fashion of the earlier consort suites or setts. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

And then, just as quickly, the knot unraveled as the bees dispersed, filled the air around Jak and Oz with speed and fire. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Frightful’s wings cut circles in the wind that sped her southeast toward the ocean. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Coordination, speed, agility. You need them for sports. PlayStation doesn’t count.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It may be the greatest display of raw speed ever seen in Thoroughbred racing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time when Rachel launched her attack, I tried to remember her rhythm and speed from the previous points. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Habib eased his foot from the gas, driving at a safer speed as light from the headlights bounced against the mist, creating a glow around the car. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Link warned me that with the beginning of April, segregationists would feel compelled to speed up their efforts, in order to get us out of Central before we could complete a full school year. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It raced past him like a rock speeding down a mountainside. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I slow down, but she keeps up her breakneck speed. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Then they crossed the road, found their skis and poles, jumped into their white camouflage suits, and sped across the snow away from the road. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In response it caws again and spreads its large wings, taking flight and swooping toward the stage, gaining speed as it approaches. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He slipped into a small white car, then sped away. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I could feel the back of my neck getting damp and my heart speeding. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

By the time we got him off his feet, the train had started to speed up again. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Anticipating nothing; nothing sped up, nothing slowed down. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Military planning, meanwhile, was proceeding at full speed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The Agricultural Revolution sped it up about 12,000 years ago. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Built into a circular room, and controlled by a computer, the arm could be made to turn at whatever speed was necessary to imitate the loads we would experience under various flight conditions. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the speeding cars and the semis and the SUVs... Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I opened my eyes, saw the blue kite spinning wildly like a tire come loose from a speeding car. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Fencing is all about speed and agility. It’s strategy, it’s technique. And everything comes at you within a millionth of a second. You think you can handle that?” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“We can make them spin around alright but we have not been able to determine how many times and therefore what speeds we have been able to produce.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Another time, as the train slammed itself to a slower speed, Tool almost crushed them, his whole bulk smashing them against metal and leaving Nailer’s head ringing. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Pax sped by again, scarcely skimming the ground, but it wasn’t celebration enough. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

As she rushed me to the car at breakneck speed, my mom told me what was going on. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we sped along, I occasionally saw the flash of miners’ lamps down branching tunnels, but it was too dark to see what they were doing. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

On this assumption, the conferees thought it likely that radioastronomy would be the generally accepted mode of interstellar communication, on grounds of speed and economy. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby would play as many as a hundred speed games against his friendly foes on any given day. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He touched Garfield's arm to speed him along to safety. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

His heart rate sped up, a nervousness coursing through him, but when he saw how excitedly Javier was greeted, he figured that there wasn’t a need for him to worry. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Wind filled the sails, and the ship sped forward. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had, obviously, shifted speed; an automatic switch somewhere in the building had turned it from low to high, and the air blowing past Justin came on so hard it made him gasp. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was a wild, cruel face that the Siamese saw, and he recognized instinctively a wanton killer—and one that could easily outclass him in strength, ferocity and speed. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can feel my skin growing hot, my heart speeding up. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

So while teenage emotions have gone into hyperdrive, reason and logic are still obeying the speed limit. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

While Louie was out walking one afternoon, a convertible fringed in blondes pulled up, and he was scooped into the car and sped off to a party. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, sure,” Gladys called, hurrying out of the precinct yard, her shoulder bag bursting with black speeding tickets. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two Voyager interstellar spacecraft, the fastest machines ever launched from Earth, are now traveling at one ten- thousandth the speed of light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we came off, you were moving at the dawdling speed of a small child. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

As he sped around the truck down the country road he blew an angry blast on his horn. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

If the ship were to travel at the speed of light, every tick of the clock on board would equal infinite seconds on the ground. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

While my head was turned I heard the sound of a truck travelling at top speed. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ball tipped over toward the middle of the rim slightly, which gave it a little speed. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The pilots marvelled at the giant’s speed and at the way he leapt across wide rivers and over huge houses. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The directors and their federal overseers, the National Commission, approved the plan with uncharacteristic speed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

A long sleek black car, its fenders glinting like glass in the sun, shot past them at high speed and turned a corner a few blocks away. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bull pushed the throttle forward and felt the plane become fire and speed beneath him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

April 21—I figured out a new way to set up the mixing machines in the bakery to speed up production. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The merry-go-round had speeded up, I heard his voice but no longer listened. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the edge of the horizon, a flicker of movement caught her eye—something small and beige racing across the fields at incredible speed, leaving a vapor trail like a plane’s. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The sounds of eight shouting, swearing men galloping at full speed after a ball filled the air. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I read somewhere that as you get older, your brain speeds up. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, at eleven minutes and forty-two seconds after liftoff, we arrived in orbit, one hundred miles up at a speed of 18,0 miles an hour. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the year Henry Ford put his cars on rollers and made his workers adopt the speed of the assembly line. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He wanted to go full speed, but he needed more room. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The winged shapes wheeled, and stooped swiftly down, speeding back to Mordor. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She didn’t slow down or speed up and it was as if we were running on side-by-side tracks. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they were all in, and Edward was speeding away. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The brain shoots fear and the heart speeds and the blood pumps. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He became tense and agitated as he played, and made his moves rapidly as though points were awarded for speed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My pounding heart revived at their sight, and with a burst of speed I urged myself forward and reached the top of the gentle hill. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The jet engines roared and the cabin bounced as they picked up speed, and the moment they felt themselves lifted into the air, the men cheered and slapped each other on the back. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The cart rolled slowly at first because it was solar powered, but as the sun rose higher and flooded the salt flats, it picked up speed. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The countryside speeds by, fields of blues and yellows and reds and greens, the patches and swirls of summer. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It’s like some kind of superhero has entered the room, using speed and strength to beat the hell out of the three intruders. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

A sumo bout is a concentrated flurry of force and speed and leverage, often lasting only a few seconds. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

But in 1845, Doppler had loaded a train with a band of trumpet players and asked them to hold a note as the train sped forward. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mother instructed my brothers and me to respond to all of her directions with the speed of a bullet. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

She squeezed the hand brakes as hard as she could, but the rickshaw seemed to pick up speed instead of slowing down. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Over roots and rocks the direwolf sped, through a drift of old snow, the crust crackling beneath his weight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She wound around the cones and gathered speed. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Similarly, in Friedmann’s model the speed at which any two galaxies are moving apart is proportional to the distance between them. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm the one who decides what's best for the crew. And I say we bring them up to speed." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later the engine sound increased just a little and the boat sped away upstream and was lost in the dark. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

For in Milagro, a man who is too old to ride, or his children who would rather speed in cars, still keep a horse or several horses. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a dazzling dis­play of might and speed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is a strange thing, but when you are dreading something, and would give anything to slow down time, it has a disobliging habit of speeding up. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Emily didn’t think it was possible to go any faster, but his voice prompted an extra jolt of speed. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

As we hit the ocean, we bumped once, twice, skipping like a stone, then we were whizzing along like a speed boat, salt spray in our faces and nothing but sea ahead. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Read it and pass it on!” the distributors instructed and sped off. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

And I drove that speed for eight hours. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve finished our shorthand course and are now working on improving our speed. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He started right in, and although his voice was kind of gravelly, the words came out at lightning speed. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

This Irish song is also meant to gradually speed up in tempo as you sing. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The gourd slipped from her hands as she started to double over, but with surprising speed, the old woman was at her side again, holding her upright. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I think he’s right, but it just seems to be taking way too long, like glacial speed.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Pocock’s cedar shells and spruce oars were by now understood across America to be unsurpassed for craftsmanship, durability, and, most important, speed on the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

His speed in designing and building the apparatus was more impressive than the results he obtained, which matched Swann’s expectations and therefore advanced science by a tiny increment, if at all. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The whole thing was drawn by a team of seven horses, speeding as if through the heavens. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Like the way my heart speeds up every time he says “Breezy.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It protests for a moment, but then it speeds me forward, a dot in a sea of moving humanity. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When they had left the capital in September 1949, things seemed to be moving at jet speed, but it had been weeks since they had heard an encouraging word. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

For a few seconds we sit quietly, watching the ruins turn to a blur as the truck picks up speed. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The days until the first task seemed to slip by as though someone had fixed the clocks to work at double speed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He soared right around the stadium at full speed, racing Fred and George. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I sped up, afraid they might lose their footing. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Apparently, Brian pulled the kid over ’cause he had a broken taillight and was speeding.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Where other horses relied solely on speed to win, Seabiscuit used intimidation. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coming out of the bottoms into a fresh- plowed field I set my pups down so I could get a little more speed. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was heading for the ground at tremendous speed, dodging the rats that reached for him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Far down the boulevard, four blocks away, the beetle had slowed, spun about on two wheels, and was now racing back, slanting over on the wrong side of the street, picking up speed. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picked deftly and had a reputation for speed and efficiency; she filled two flats in the time it took other pickers to fill one and a half. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I turned the lathe on and it whirred up to speed. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But the wind that sped the ships blew all their clamour away. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I slam the car door and run down the street, my speed picking up as the road slopes down, blocks and blocks, straight to the ocean. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Once they’re a solid, dark mass, they speed off back north. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The driver of the Cadillac never even stopped—he couldn’t have known that he had only killed a homemade go-cart, and not a child, but he sped on down the street, never looking back. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It moved with the speed of an arrow and grew as it came, converging swiftly with the flight of the four men towards the Gate. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He regains his balance with his usual speed and spins to face the door with fists clenched. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The table has just clicked into place when a figure darts out of the Cornucopia, snags the green backpack, and speeds off. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then she stoops, speeding toward her prey at two hundred miles an hour, the fastest animal on earth. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This apparatus works unerringly as the mills of the gods, but beats them hollow as to speed,” the Electrical Engineer read, according to a history published by Columbia University. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He might as well speed things along by telling the dummy what it wanted to hear. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

They’d probably trailed her from afar and then sped ahead when they figured out where she was going, sending messages to the others with minidacts. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She does not read it the way she and Kat used to read books—devouring them with the speed of two people famished for words, ideas, and beautiful sentences that make you feel everything. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then he slid into the passenger seat and before I could do anything, the car sped out of sight. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

With feline speed he had leapt across the lifeboat and struck me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel’s heart sped up, and it was all she could do to keep from jumping and waving. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Red sped off, almost hitting one of the colored women who worked in the cafeteria and was trying to cross the street. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

This states that the body will accelerate, or change its speed, at a rate that is proportional to the force. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw stars, and fell backwards from the speeding car into the dust of the road, my feet becoming entangled in the steel spokes of the bicycle. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took one last glance at Guy’s bloody corpse, then raced to his car and sped away. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Instructions screamed at me from the road once: “Do not stop! No stopping. Maintain speed.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did a speed shift into second gear and gunned it across the bridge, up the hill past Willie Creager’s garage. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once they reached the river, they shot down the white water at top speed, glad to be finally free of the heavy saddlebags. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The river had narrowed slightly, but now there was more of a drop and the speed had increased dramatically. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

As I walked down Mobile Street, a car full of white men and boys sped past. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were going even deeper now and gathering speed. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Their thoughts were occupied by weightier names: world-record holder Indian Broom; speed demon Special Agent; and above them all, the magnificent Rosemont, king of the East and conqueror of 1935 Triple Crown winner Omaha. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sped on to the next two emails. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

And the Pythagoreans insisted that planets moved in circular paths at constant speeds. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom is running through a few speed rounds with Richard while I make lemonade from frozen concentrate and open the Oreos. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

‘There is the eagle again! He is very high. He seems to be flying now away, from this land back to the North. He is going with great speed. Look!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Sonny and Henry speed down the stairs, and we are right behind them. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

All the passengers held each other as Ayanna coaxed and pleaded with the raft for more speed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Descending quickly it dives, flying directly at Celia and not wavering or slowing as it reaches the stage, but approaching at full speed. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

So we mounted again before night had passed and went on with all the speed that our horses could endure over the plains of Lebennin.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The crow sped toward her, flying in a tight, fast twist, all black feathers and black beak and panicked cawing. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Rain beats down against the windshield, and Dad has the wipers going full speed as we turn off the highway. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The train started to slow and then sped up again, then slowed again, and black steel girders covered with years of oil and dirt became dimly visible outside the windows. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

She nods and explains that the mild electric currents might help speed up the healing process. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Once in a while, he managed to borrow a motorcycle and they escaped for a few hours, traveling at reckless speed, crouched low on the machine, with frozen ears and anxious hearts. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We finally pass a jackknifed truck and get back up to speed, but Radar calculates in his head that we’ll need to average seventy-seven from here to Agloe. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He knew the ship’s speed, and could sense no rocks, sandbars, or other natural dangers in their path. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

You then put a little medicine on the wound to speed the healing. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Perfectly okay,” commented Finny, running forward at top speed, “perfectly okay for the ball to touch the ground when it is being passed.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of the buildings in the Bronx were empty, which I could tell because they didn’t have windows, and you could see right through them, even at high speeds. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was good wind, fresh enough so he could point the Frog up a bit and run slightly north of east and still hold good speed. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some required only speed: How many quarters in twenty dollars? The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

By June, his body was humming, capable of speed and stamina beyond anything he’d ever known. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

This effect is only really significant for objects moving at speeds close to the speed of light. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was given methods and approaches to attack or defend and was told to execute these moves with speed and strength. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Then he speeds up as before, and I follow. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Then observers moving at different speeds can disagree about whether event A occurred before B or vice versa. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The music starts slow, then speeds up crazy fast. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The speed and accuracy of my answers impressed them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And there they would hang in chartless nothing, seemingly without speed or left or right or top or bottom, until as suddenly as ever the copper penny glowed and the serpents writhed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

More than the slow speed, or the sitting still in the air waiting to fall, I hated the noise. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I feel like I’m on another planet,” I said, pushing my foot harder against the sidewalk to gather speed. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

At once they beat their wings and surged forward, and she darted with them, surfing on the turbulence their pinions caused in the air and relishing the speed and power it added to her flight. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Andrew sped off with my mom, leaving the four-year-old alone on the front lawn, Abel walked over to his youngest, picked him up, put the boy in his car, and drove away. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They skittered sideways and the sled gathered speed. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sarah was there chopping meat with that frightening speed and coordination of hers. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

People walk up and down the stairs at three times speed with jerky movements. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Chup was speeding like a crossbow along the edge of a cloud. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

A car passes us and he speeds up a bit. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Don’t forget your bag, you say, picking it up to hand to him, but right before he speeds off The Mac yells, That’s yours too. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He jogged, he sprinted, he ran at full speed— not on the track, but on the trail of Otis Amber. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spaceship—or for that matter any other object with mass—never quite reaches the speed of light. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

For a moment, I think he means with him, like with him, and my heart speeds with some combination of desire and dread. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“If you want to speed things up so much,” the man in black said, clearly quite angry now, “you could lower a rope or a tree branch or find some other helpful thing to do.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The speed of a racing shell is determined primarily by two factors: the power produced by the combined strokes of the oars, and the stroke rate, the number of strokes the crew takes each minute. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Her arms pumped in rhythm with her stride, her feet almost touching her backside as she sped back home. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But they failed a few seconds later, and the Vonnegut’s hull suffered an alarming amount of damage in the handful of seconds it took me to make the jump to light speed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Arion shot away from the Amazons and sped through downtown Seattle. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“None can move faster than I, for I move at the speed of thought.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I choked back tears and speeded my steps. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything ached, and even without the speed I was unable to sleep. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

This flattening process is happening at warp speed and directly or indirectly touching a lot more people on the planet at once. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

When Dad showed concern that I’d be in the woods by myself, I wiggled my cell phone and said, “I’ve got you on speed dial. Plus, I know those trails better than anyone.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Water swirled around me, and I shot toward the surface at speeds that would’ve caused any normal human to pop like a balloon. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Stones in different columns have different values, and by manipulating them a skilled user can add large numbers with great speed. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He was flying at breakneck speed, trying to avoid a spurt of flames from Malfoy’s steed’s mouth, when he realized he had forgotten his Firebolt. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The speed and agility he had on the basketball court. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

For thirty yards, the two horses hurtled down the homestretch side by side, their cutting, irregular strides settling into long, open lunges, their speed building and building. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blessing was like the whistle at the start of a race, for now everything sped up. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Speedy turned to stare, then backed away from it slowly—and as slowly gathered speed. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The hull shuddered as they picked up speed. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Venting months of frustration, Seabiscuit burned rubber off the line and sped past the grandstand. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jetlike speed toward gaining political independence, but we still creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder what things he wants to speed up, but my body and mind feel like they might both collapse, and I can barely get any words out. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Tally snapped her fingers, bent her knees as she rose into the air, then leaned forward to pick up speed. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He was on the blacktop, and was coming my way at top speed. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Toby pulled himself up into the truck and didn’t look back as Lily sped across the parking lot and out onto the country highway that crossed in front of the school. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He drove at moderate speed, pulling off the road once in a while to look at the hand-drawn map Kainene had given him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Taran strove to overtake her and seize the hanging bridle, but the roan sped onward to the ravine. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

If we knew what the ordinary pitch of the horn was when the car was at rest, we could deduce its speed blindfolded, from the change in pitch. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Langley added state-of-the-art facilities on the West Side like the Seven-by-Ten-Foot High-Speed Tunnel and the Four-by-Four-Foot Supersonic Pressure Tunnel, machines that could blast models with winds that approached or exceeded the mysterious speed of sound. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Hector felt the wisdom of the advice and sped through the gates to the palace, where his mother did all as he said. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Gently” was its only speed, except under sail with a good stiff breeze. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“But why...why did you want to find me?” he asked, his breath speeding up. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

So their ancestors sped through swamps where huge reptiles lived. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He did a superb job, nursing the horses’ ailments while honing their speed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As pressure builds inside the skull, motor and mental skills deteriorate with alarming speed—typically within a few hours or less— and often without the victim even noticing the change. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The upside was that because she’d been so worried about being late, Dimple had driven ten above the speed limit the entire time, refused to stop for breaks, and made it early. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Nathan had to sprint at top speed to keep up with her. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

An agoraphobia rose in her, speeding higher and higher, bigger and bigger; she would not be able to contain it; there would no end to fear. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"This is about conditioning. Not speed. And everybody has to do it." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The sea breeze bent the pines behind them, blew across their backs, and sped out over the water, tearing the whitecaps back even as they came to shore. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Just imagine trying to herd an animal that bolts, blindly bashes itself against walls, can leap up to nearly 30 feet, and can run at a speed of 50 miles per hour! Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was impossible to keep up with the speed at which the ball flew, the rate at which their bodies raced around the field. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She helped him sit up and gave him some nectar to sip while she brought him up to speed. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

At first Garden Heights looks the same, but a couple of blocks away at least five police cars speed by. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Flying near the rear, Kendra marveled at the squadron of fairies ahead of her effortlessly weaving through obstacles at such reckless speed. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“We play for an hour every night during training to improve our speed reflexes. It gets pretty competitive.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She kept her eyes where they were, but her foolish heart still sped up thinking he might choose today to sit next to her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Iron Emmett’s fledglings cheered their lord commander at the start, but the relentless speed of Rattleshirt’s attack soon beat them down to silence. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

For a guy like Simpson—a fellow senior who’d been stuck behind Luke for three years—he could go half speed if he wanted. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

This strange fact is caused by an electric charge which surrounds the spacecraft, and which in turn is caused by the great friction produced when the spacecraft hits the atmosphere at high speed. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Radio waves travel at the speed of light, 10,000 times faster than a message attached to our fastest interstellar spaceship. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she’d veer out of her lane for a second or slow down so much, she’d be driving way below the speed limit. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I would catch myself jiggling my foot till I thought it might fall off my leg bone—“jimmy-leg,” Rosaleen called it— and looking down now, I noticed it was going at high speed. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Bull knew how to close distances faster than a speeding bullet. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

For the first couple of days, we were so zonked by jet lag it felt as if we were moving at half speed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

We followed them all the way down Court Street, where they picked up speed and then turned the corner. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They recognized it all at once: Seabiscuit, under a tremendous load, having already run at world-record speed for most of the race, accelerated. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am hastening to let you know that the experiments on the production of high speed protons have been successful beyond our expectations,” Lawrence wrote to Dr. Frederick Gardner Cottrell on July 17. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

My God, everything is warp speed in New York. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

When improvements in typewriters eliminated the problem of jamming, trials in 1932 with an efficiently laid-out keyboard showed that it would let us double our typing speed and reduce our typing effort by 95 percent. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once we got going the required speed, Milton said, “Okay. Now get a load of this.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We had no medicine or speed balls, no proper boxing trunks or shoes, and no mouth guards. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several small, brightly colored objects zoomed out of George’s pocket; he made a grab for them but missed, and they sped right into Mrs. Weasley’s outstretched hand. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She hauled herself up and saw that the ship was bouncing over the waves at incredible speed, trailing fire like a rocket. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And what I lacked in speed and maneuverability, I made up for in enthusiasm. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Aurelia sat spellbound—paralyzed, as this apparition, moving with incredible speed, lashed out seemingly in every direction at once, and in moments three of the “hunters” lay sprawled amid the false jungle. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

He moves with expert speed, and I can’t help tumbling to the floor, cracking up. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

From what she could see, the process looked like speed dating. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The Futurists had been a malcontent group of artists at the beginning of the century who loved speed and thought war was good, the “hygiene of humanity.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

For the world to be logically consistent, there must be a cosmic speed limit. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is just the speed round. The speed round is the easy part.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The unicorn waited until Tristran and the star were comfortable upon its back, and then, slowly and easily, it began to put on speed. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Fadi looked at the cars racing by and marveled at their speed. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

For each question, you will have ten seconds to make your selection on your phone screen. Lemoncello.it will instantaneously calculate your score based on correctness and speed of answering. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Adnan checked his rearview mirror as they sped down the rural route, trying to put as much distance as possible between themselves and the prison. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I sped toward the sound, tripping over ruts and roots but always scrambling ahead, sometimes on all fours, pushing against the ground with my knuckles. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He took the victory, the Triple Crown, his father’s track record, and an American speed record. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sign showed a woman in a light blue one-piece bathing suit, apparently grasping a towline from a speeding motorboat. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Hoping to speed up matters, he hired a dozen Chamisaville Pueblo Indians to help with the digging. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stepping to the door,” he wrote, “I saw them at full speed chasing in my patrols.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

On they sped, and the moon continued to shine. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

We sped up the river, the cliffs looming up on either side of us. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

His courser was as slim as her rider, a beautiful grey mare, built for speed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

His knee: they must have wanted to study his unusual physical abilities, his speed and agility. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He needed speed and had to humour unwilling followers. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Presently the rising and falling of their breasts slowed to normal speed, and in a sort of pleasant helplessness they fell apart. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Even at this young age, Bobby had already played thousands of games, many in a form called “speed chess” or “blitz.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes you need the wind behind you to speed things up; sometimes you need to head directly into the wind to help you take off. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

His hair lies smooth against his head, shiny and dark, like we didn’t just run for a mile at full speed. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Death they cried with one voice loud and terrible, and gathering speed like a great tide their battle swept about their fallen king and passed, roaring away southwards. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She trotted beside Miss Honey with wild little hops and her fingers flew as if she would scatter them to the four winds and her words went off like fireworks, with terrific speed. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then, on subsequent National Suicide Days, the grown people looked out from behind curtains as he rang his bell; a few stragglers increased their speed, and little children screamed and ran. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

His tapping finger on the change mat speeded up a little when Mack came in. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Loomis came on the tractor at top speed, with the gun across his lap. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I sped back down the path to the fields. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It’s marvelous, in a desperate kind of way, to opt for speed over subtlety—like screaming downhill to put out the fire when your aircraft’s in flames. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He had one leg too short, and the makings of a humpback, but he moved forward toward her with surprising speed and nimbleness. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Pol, who was bringing up the rear, sped up briefly to ride alongside her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She sped back through the halls and threw open the door to the landing. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The clutch, gas, and brake pedals were the same; the gearshift similar, two speeds forward and one reverse, plainly marked “1,” “2,” and “R.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I disappear into the folds of onlookers on the other side and speed walk away from the race. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Evidently the Erudite now want to speed up the process. I have no idea what to do about it... or what could even be done.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But the minute he saw her, it thumped back into his chest, where it began thundering at warp speed. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Lacking competition, racehorses in workouts rarely approach the speeds they achieve in races. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was perfectly happy cruising in second gear: he guessed it must have spent a lot of its time at that speed, holding up traffic. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He was about to turn off into the woods when the first truck sped toward him, tossing up a cloud of red dust and catching him in its headlights. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the trainer’s interest probably had less to do with Grog’s speed than with his appearance. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of his fellows slowed up to save him, but they and the airborne wall were swallowed by darkness as Hagrid leaned low over the handlebars and sped up. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Glancing up every few seconds, we speed walk to the end of the block. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I walked faster, my feet matching the speed of my whirling thoughts. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

In other words, the more accurately you try to measure the position of the particle, the less accurately you can measure its speed, and vice versa. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only the sound of the wheels on the smooth track gave any idea of their speed. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“If we can double it, and speed up the learning process at the same time, the possibilities are enormous.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The wiper blades, on a slow speed, gently pulled me out of my thoughts and into the car. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I stuck out my thumb while every car on the highway sped up the second they saw us. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As it contracts, the atoms of the gas collide with each other more and more frequently and at greater and greater speeds—the gas heats up. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when the train came speeding toward the screen, the audience screamed and fainted because they thought they were in danger of being run over. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Nessa, twirling a braid, stares out the window at the speeding cars. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He seems designed specifically for speed and deadly accuracy. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

But he had not yet gone into that whizzing top gear of his, when the ground became blurred by speed and the wind howled and his feet didn’t seem to be touching anything but air. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A squadron of fruit bats sped across the gloom. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the train reached a cruising speed of eight hundred miles per hour, Citra excused herself to use the restroom, where she splashed water on her face, trying not to let exhaustion overtake her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Hazel rode Arion, who had recovered enough to carry one person at normal horse speed, though he cursed about his aching hooves all the way downhill. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Had it sped up, or was time moving differently for her, now that she was outside her body? The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“My shoes. Black Chuck Taylor All Stars. They bestow their wearer with both speed and flight.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

How completely different from a fast- food hamburger wolfed down without a moment’s thought in a speeding car. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I have hunted here before. At this speed, we should be in San Francisco in a few hours.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I curtsied, bewildered at the speed of it all. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hubble combined the distance data with Doppler speed data, and found something shocking. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

As Roz sat in the airship, broken and alone and speeding toward a mysterious future, she looked back at her miraculous past. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Someone else called Smith, who rang for an ambulance and then sped toward the barns. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wintergreen and were sped along by him in zealous observance of regulations. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She’s out of breath because the crowd is picking up speed in the hall, the paper chain walls blurring into a cascade of color. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

It had emerged from the sea with the speed and the impossibility of a huge stage illusion. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Through this car-wash visibility I only just made out the two Ministry of Defence radars spinning at their incredible speed. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She had memorized the hornbook in a few day’s time and sped through the primer. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Black holes are so dense that if you get too close—past the so-called event horizon—the escape velocity is faster than the speed of light. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Each one had specific attributes, weapons, and speed capabilities. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When "stick" is called out, my job is to stretch my left arm behind me, without looking, while running full speed until Krystal slaps the baton in my hand. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

His graceful, streamlined body threw out blazing highlights as he loped with easy speed across the broken ground. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“Mom’s going to come up with the money and I’m going to help her. But it means I have to build faster. Lightning speed,” I say. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I summoned up a current to carry us, and we started gaining speed. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The second part of The $20,000 Pyramid is called the Winners Circle because you have to win the speed round to get there. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Even if we hadn’t seen the tan SUV speeding straight for us, it would have been impossible to miss the bullet that blew through the back window and shattered it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Two throng haints lurched out the door a second later, galloping after them at full speed. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Chief White Halfoat pulled back in reverse, made his turn and shot away up the road at top speed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The boat swung into the curve, banged against the wall, straightened itself, and sped on. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I rolled as another dodgeball whistled past my ear at the speed of sound. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘But they go with a great speed for all that,’ said Aragorn, ‘and they do not tire. And later we may have to search for our path in hard bare lands.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It covered half the distance from the crest of the hill to our fire in a single, spastic burst of speed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Man and horse alike lowered their heads as he asked the mare for more speed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But in flight they were angelic: they cut through the air with such speed and grace that they were called “blue meteors.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I can’t forget the events of the past twenty-four hours, but here, speeding along a concrete wash, I can let them trail behind me, if only for a few moments. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It’s also because of what happens after the chase, since pursuing a suspect at high speed is precisely the kind of activity that pushes police officers into this dangerous state of high arousal. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

For the most part, Pax respectfully flanked the older fox, but sometimes he broke away to race at full speed for long glorious minutes before circling back. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

At the board, playing a speed game, Bobby was truly in his element, like Michael Jordan soaring for the hoop. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And for all their advantage in speed, the computers could still process only one job at a time. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Then he would pluck and dress the body, working with such speed and authority that his boss no longer came muttering down the stairs, but only shouted from the landing for a count. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Look outside as you speed through, and you'll find the true face of America. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

They marvelled to see with what speed these green-clad men now moved, vanishing almost in the twinkling of an eye. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

According to the highway patrol, Wick drifted off the road, over-corrected to get back onto the road, and was struck at high speed by a pickup coming from the other direction. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Fermi used graphite to slow down the speed- ing neutrons—he knew that neutrons would bounce off the carbon atoms that make up graphite and lose speed. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

This relationship between wavelength and speed, which is called the Doppler effect, is an everyday experience. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned left and sped across the smooth floor of the hall. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

All so cruelly logical, the result of speeding up all the processes of the mind. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

His heart picked up speed as she flipped past the cover page, skimming the paragraphs. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The vaults were reached by means of small, goblin-driven carts that sped along miniature train tracks through the bank’s underground tunnels. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The horse zipped through the crowd with incredible speed, pushing back Romans and causing mass panic. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They gathered their weapons and equipment and loaded their vehicles with speed and precision, thanks to months of practice. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was driving so slowly over a speed bump that she feared the car would stall. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“They can do it. I have seen them in training. They have both speed and accuracy.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The seventh, where Ashoke was sitting, capsized as well, flung by the speed of the crash farther into the field. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

In her panic, she speeded up her rhythm so that she’d have to concentrate on her work and not have room to think. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

One, quicker than the rest, rushed into the firelight without hesitating, moving with the disturbing, sinuous speed of a scuttling insect. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At breakneck speed he dashed down the stairs and handed the stick to another soldier, who sped away. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some people think there are particles called tachyons, which can travel faster than the speed of light. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“He was measuring,” Dr. Posner explains, “the time it takes to have a thought. “As you go into the history of the study of attention, the really epic discovery was the speed of mental processing.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Paradoxes seemed to emerge everywhere if you could travel at the speed of light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione made an impatient noise and began to eat at top speed again. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

From there everything speeds up, and a hairstylist is wrangling him into the Cosmetology Room, and he gets to watch the girls transform into their camera-ready selves. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Twig was moving at double speed, and by the time I pulled out my notebook, she’d already organized our materials. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mom turned into school, and I held the mostly empty bowl with both hands as we drove over a speed bump. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

But Genie didn’t really understand it this time, because, well, five miles over the speed limit was against the law. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

As he sped by, I could see that he clutched a potato in his hand. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Lights bobbed on the path behind them as their pursuers sped up. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, Roemer’s achievement, in not only proving that light travels at a finite speed, but also in measuring that speed, was remarkable—coming as it did eleven years before Newton’s publication of Principia Mathematica. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The engine groaned, die iron plating ratded, and the ship began to pick up speed. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

But at least he started moving at regular speed again. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I picked up my feet, faster and faster, until I was dashing full speed across the frozen earth. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z