speed
noun
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of sound.
had speeded
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past perfectof speed.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The impossible had happened: time had speeded up.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 24, 2017
Dr Christopher Terrell-Nield, Nottingham Trent University's principal lecturer in biosciences said earlier wet weather had delayed some bugs' development but recent warm weather had speeded it up.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2013
He said he realized JM Eagle had started buying a lower grade of raw materials from Formosa and had speeded up its production lines without reporting the changes to the certification agencies as required.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2010
They felt that the pace of life had speeded up and it was hard cognitively to keep up.
From National Geographic
The gray-clothed man’s legs had speeded for a second, but he reined them down with his will and walked up the school pavement.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
