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fleet
adjective as in quick in movement
Example Sentences
It’s a fleeting tableau, but it reveals the whole story: even the most forsaken creation reaches for connection the moment he’s given something warm to hold in his hands.
The US Navy's 5th fleet, which patrols the region, said on Friday it was "actively monitoring the situation".
While those factors have contributed to periodic pullbacks in stocks’ record-breaking run this year, the hiccups have been fleeting.
He also accuses Washington, which has deployed a fleet of warships in the Caribbean in a stated anti-drug operation, of seeking to depose him and seize the formerly rich petrostate's vast oil deposits.
When a robot screws up, Amazon pushes a software patch at 3 a.m. and the million-plus fleet gets smarter overnight.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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