Run or move very quickly or hastily.
The act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale)
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Examples for "shoot "
Examples for "shoot "
1 Despite a shoot - to - kill policy on the border, thousands still leave each month.
2 No further details were immediately available, including the time of the shoot - down .
3 This optical arms race presents a problem for makers of point - and - shoot cameras.
4 That is, the defender may shoot to kill; the offender may not.
5 Monstrous creatures writhe about the crags; the men shoot some of them.
1 Water flowing underground News flash : scientists say there's water in Wellington Harbour.
2 The Fiji Met Service said heavy rain may lead to flash flooding.
3 They were given a new sense of urgency after the flash crash.
4 I picked my way toward the point where I'd seen the flash .
5 In another flash of lightning, he saw clearly: the car was gone.
1 The escalating eurozone crisis has prompted another dash into 'safe-haven' government bonds.
2 There had been a flush in it; there was dash in it.
3 The finest thing in the combat was the dash of the Americans.
4 Some much needed focus and a dash of optimism will help enormously.
5 Which way-whichmethod-talkher over-lull her into security or a swift dash -
1 The usual question is: which dart had a greater change in momentum?
2 In Berlin, history and politics dart across your path at every turn.
3 The movement is too abrupt; minnows of light dart across her vision.
4 Shrimps dart away and disappear in the sand as if by magic.
5 Four or five dingy forms dart in and out among the tepees.
1 She heard his clock radio scoot on the shelf of the headboard.
2 I managed to scoot off onto the footpath and abandoned the scooter.
3 He misses the object, which seems to scoot away like an animal.
4 I scoot a coaster under it, afraid to mar the pristine wood.
5 I tried to scoot backward, hoping that neither one would notice me.
1 A thin scud shut out the light of the stars and moon.
2 Now and then a drifting scud of rain dashed across the windows.
3 The wind-swept hills, beaten with scud , are of course bare of trees.
4 She had barely time to fill a bowl with mush, and scud .
5 I released the chimney and let another arrow scud past me.
6 They were alone together with the good clean wind and the bracing scud .
7 Some scud was driving at the moment across the full moon.
8 The sky was slightly veiled with a thin scud of clouds.
9 Ferguson had no other choice than to scud before the storm.
10 Over the gray background of wind-clouds, a fine-shredded drive was beginning to scud .
11 The scud had banked over the moon, and it was now quite dark.
12 White, ragged clouds shredding themselves as they scud along high above the mountains.
13 The scud , as it struck the port bow, flew like shot across the deck.
14 At the same time there was a sharp scud of rain against the window.
15 The wind was getting up fast, and masses of scud flew rapidly across it.
16 One huge talon of lightning clutched at the flying scud .
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Scud across language varieties