hurtling

Example Sentences

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Is a life spent constantly looking backward instead of hurtling forward even worth grieving?

From Salon • May 30, 2026

The Lakers are hurtling toward becoming the first.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

And so the same peloton will be hurtling along the cobbles a couple of months before gliding through the sunflowers of a French summer.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

The Artemis astronauts hurtling back home after circling the Moon have had regular communication with their team on Earth, but on Tuesday they got to chat with colleagues floating elsewhere in space.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

When it took off, it jumped from the pad on a silvery column of smoke, stuttered strangely in little puffs, and then seemed to find its way, another spout of fire sending it hurtling skyward.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam