had hurtled
- past perfect of hurtle.
Example Sentences
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When the dust settled, literally, he saw a car had hurtled off Roosevelt and taken out the whole front of his shop.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2023
Colonel Collins, who had begun flying in 1952, had hurtled through the skies as a test pilot and orbited the Earth 43 times in the Gemini 10 capsule.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2021
Abdullah’s Saudi Arabia had hurtled from tribal pastoralism to advanced capitalism in little more than a generation.
From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2015
When he emerged from the bathroom in the morning, with just enough room to sidestep the refrigerator that had hurtled from the kitchen, he was relieved to find the concrete roof intact.
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2010
The pony was sprawling and kicking; the rider had hurtled free, and went jumping and dodging like a jack-rabbit.
From Desert Dust by Shepherd, J. Clinton
