sped

[sped]

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of speed.

sped

/ spɛd /

verb

1. a past tense and past participle of speed

Example Sentences

What followed was further loss of floating ice from the front of Hektoria, as large, flat-topped icebergs broke off or "calved", and the ice behind sped up and thinned.

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Two machines resembling robotic vacuum cleaners sped around a ring colliding, shooting sparks and catching fire, as Iranian engineering students watched from behind plexiglass.

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The four men hopped on high-powered scooters and sped off along the banks of the Seine.

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France’s economic activity unexpectedly sped up in the three months through September, as exports grew on the back of cooling of trade tensions with the U.S., despite a political impasse in Paris.

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“He just hit the gas and sped towards them,” Villaroman said.

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Related Words

• advance 
• boost 
• expedite 
• facilitate 
• fly 
• further 
• hasten 
• help 
• hurry 
• promote 
• quicken 
• ride 
• run 
• rush 
• zoom