darted

Example Sentences

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Darted snails, however, laid fewer of them—which was hardly surprising, because they lived for an average of 44 days whereas their undarted confrères managed 60.

From Economist • Mar. 10, 2015

The velvet mullen raised its yellow head, The buttercups like precious ore were spread: Like golden shuttles flung by spirit hands, Weaving invisible their magic strands, Darted quick orioles in joyous bands.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 by Various

And the wind, thin as a wire, Darted in and seized the candle flame And knocked it over to one side And pummelled it down—down—down—!

From Men, Women and Ghosts by Lowell, Amy

I snatch'd my sword, and in the very moment Darted it at the phantom; straight it left me; Then rose, and call'd for lights, when, O dire omen!

From The Orphan or, The Unhappy Marriage by Otway, Thomas

Master Blue-Jay unable Longer to control himself, Darted like a lance of blue steel At the red coat.

From The Blood of Rachel A Dramatization of Esther, and other poems by Noe, Cotton