fleet
noun
the largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
fleeted
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past participleof fleet.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof fleet.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
fleetnounthe largest organized unit of naval ships grouped for tactical or other purposes.
Example Sentences
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Another day of hiding and a night of journey had fleeted by.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Like gentle ghosts they fleeted along with little more than a muffled sound, for their axles turned in ball-sockets and their warning bells were silent save when touched.
From Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
At intervals a light veil obscured the moonlight, as a filmy cloud fleeted across the moon; and a bitter wind blew shrill across the gulf.
From The Three Impostors or The Transmutations by Arthur Machen
"Even as I stood with raptured eye, Absorbed in bliss so deep and dear, My hour of rest had fleeted by, And back came labour, bondage, care."
From Emily Brontë by A. Mary F. (Agnes Mary Frances) Robinson
Thou camest for a moment, Then fleeted swift away, As the rosy cloud of sunset Fades at the close of day, As the beaming star of twilight Withdraws its golden ray.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 by Robert Taylor Conrad
