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Meanings of terrific speed in English

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Usage of terrific speed in English
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The spread-out riders closed in a mass and followed at terrific speed.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 / Little J...
2
Her upward flight was of a terrific speed-sheleaped into the sky.
Angel Island
3
The direction of up and down was changed by the terrific speed!
The Black Star Passes
4
With terrific speed we reach the brink of a violent descent.
The Drama of the Forests: Romance and Adventure
5
The car started, and proceeded at a terrific speed along the straight road.
The Debtor: A Novel
6
A moment later and the band of Germans flashed by at terrific speed.
The Boy Allies on the Firing Line; Or, Twelve Days Battle Along ...
7
Whatever it was, it flashed down toward us at terrific speed.
The Flying Saucers are Real
8
Then she had turned and was going seawards again at a terrific speed.
On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles
9
All this time we were rushing through towns and villages at terrific speed.
Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure
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Yellowjacket, too-shehad never ridden at that terrific speed down hill.
The Quirt
11
This terrific speed Jack kept up for some time and then slowed down.
The Boy Allies Under the Sea; Or, The Vanishing Submarines
12
His, shot is clean, with little effort, yet carries terrific speed.
The Art of Lawn Tennis
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The air shrieks in the wires as the ground comes up at terrific speed.
Opportunities in Aviation
14
When the pilots tried to close in, the strange craft zoomed at terrific speed.
The Flying Saucers are Real
15
In some cases, they would have been flying against the wind, at terrific speed.
The Flying Saucers are Real
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Overhead the clouds flew by at terrific speed, driven along by the blustering wind.
El Dorado: An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel
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Terrific speed through the time
Terrific speed across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common