Example Sentences

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And it certainly isn’t worth saying now, as we are careering toward a certain loss.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2021

“We are careering towards disaster on all fronts — whether it’s agriculture, pollution, soil, water, pesticides. The human race is hellbent on destruction,” he says.

From The Verge • May 11, 2018

Click-clack--click-clack--precipice and ravine lie behind us, and we are careering along a delightful road shaded by huge walnut-trees.

From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Schubin, Ossip

For above an hour we glide on over the yellow, clayey, strongly agitated fresh water, until at length the boundary is passed, and we are careering over the salt waves of the sea. 

From A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy by Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William)

Mad with glee, they fly swifter than the wind along them, and woe betide anything that lies in their course whilst they are careering along.

From Sidelights on Chinese Life by Macgowan, J. (John)