careen
Example Sentences
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It took everything in me to stay sitting calmly in my seat as the simulation careened from bad to worse.
From Literature
Even the slightest misstep made me feel like I was about to careen out of control.
As the tram careens past, a delivery man can been seen leaping to safety from his bicycle, while a passerby also races out of the way.
From Barron's
Then, one of the lights morphed into the looming shape of a helicopter, careening into view and growing larger.
He careens down the sheet of ice at 50 miles per hour, uses one of the final turns as a launchpad, flies out of the bob run and over a ski chalet to safety.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
