Example Sentences

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All day, rumours of an impending story involving Terry’s private life had been streaking across the internet like fire.

From The Guardian • May 3, 2020

She had been streaking along on a training run at Vail, Colo., when she encountered a smooth spot where a speed bump had always been.

From Time Magazine Archive

For an hour past, there had been streaking through the air frightful roarings enveloped in yellowish vapors, strips of cloud which seemed to contain wheels revolving with frenzied rotation.

From The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster