Word Finder - sped

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To succeed; to prosper, be lucky.

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To help someone, to give them fortune; to aid or favour.

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God speed, until we meet again.

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To go fast.

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The Ferrari was speeding along the road.

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To exceed the speed limit.

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Why do you speed when the road is so icy?

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To increase the rate at which something occurs.

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To be under the influence of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines.

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To be expedient.

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To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin.

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To wish success or good fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.

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To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.

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To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.

The newlyweds climbed into the car, and sped off.

His head dropped back against the headrest, and she sped up.

She sped away, and they took off up the driveway with the swordsman trailing.

The driver sped away before the door closed, and she twisted around to see the three men watching them.

Whatever his thoughts, they were interrupted when Tammy sped into his arms like a bullet.

This encouraged me greatly, and I sped on to the end of the ordeal with a light heart and a steady hand.

They reached the front, several bullets sped over them, and they halted in silence.

When all the cheerleaders have the eight count down slowly, keep practicing it until the eight count is sped up to the temp of the music.

He instinctively ducked his head but the two were paying no heed to a passing biker as they sped south.

Their advantage was further extended in heat eleven when Nicki Pedersen, taking his rider replacement outing, once again sped to victory.

She stared out the windows at the telephone poles as they approached and sped off in a blur.

Yully reached the turnoff for the cottage and sped as fast as she could through a winding road.

She sped up, and so did the creature.  Katie stopped fast.  The shadow Immortal stopped with her.

Dean sped up to 80 miles an hour and turned across three lanes to an exit while the Ford tried vainly, but unsuccessfully, to follow.

The vehicle careened down the block, narrowly missing a mail truck that honked its irri­tation, and sped around the corner before Dean had staggered to his feet.

Time sped by and he was surprised how quickly he pulled into the first rest stop and spotted Fred O'Connor working on a cup of coffee and a blueberry muffin.

When the road straightened once more, he heard a noise behind him and a dozen daredevils in the tuck posi­tion sped on by him with a wave and a rush of air.

She maneuvered the car around Denton's vehicle and sped down the drive.

Dean sped downhill, the temperature dropping in the breeze he created as the steep sides of the narrow valley blocked out all the midmorning sun.

The players sped through Dean's mind like a theater curtain call—Vinnie and his friends, Mayer from World Wide, or Arthur Atherton's nefarious clients.

Road traffic is consolidated and sped up through the removal of various at-grade pedestrian crossings.

As we sped down the motorway, every thought imaginable ran through my mind.

The Elbe is a flowing river, so we sped along at a fair lick.

After a few pirouettes, many shaking fists were seen, as we sped off.

I hit third base with authority and sped home for my second round tripper in two at bats.

Every landing was now noisy with servants, maids sped upstairs, flunkeys sped down, a butler waddled in a circle.

By the mass, lad, I thought ye were sped!

One brief spring, musical with the song of robin and mocking-bird, one summer rich in fruit and roses, one autumn of gold and crimson sped by and left their gifts at the feet of an eager, delighted child.

The blue train sped with the precision of a skein of geese in flight.

By the mass, lad, I thought ye were sped !

Global warming is a general warming of the earth that science estimates has been sped up over the past 10 years.

Neighbors heard the little girl screaming as they witnessed the abduction but could do nothing except call the police as the truck sped away with Amber in the front seat.

Whilst Sony and Nintendo are still developing their next home consoles Microsoft has already sped ahead and released the successor to their XBOX, the XBOX 360.

Nothing really outstanding in terms of detail, but the fact the game sped along at a fast frame-rate did the Dreamcast justice.

The smell of fermenting grapes is in the air and the vines are just starting to turn color (and once the grapes are picked, that process is sped up considerably).

Whereas Maul was barely on the planet for a day, and spent most of his time inside his probably air conditioned Infiltrator, only emerging to send and receive his probe droids upon which he sped off on a speeder bike to the Jedi.