speed
noun
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of sound.
was speeding
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past progressiveof speed.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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If that were true, astronomers could have been misreading the supernova data and incorrectly concluding that cosmic expansion was speeding up when it was actually slowing.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
“You found she was speeding, you found she was racing ... but there was no evidence of deceit,” she said, adding, “She did not see the children, and there was no agreement to race.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
A few years ago, Hu Anyan was speeding through the streets of Beijing on a three-wheel motorbike loaded with packages, one of millions of delivery drivers working for China's online retail giants.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
But by the time he was speeding along Interstate 15 on April 5, it wasn’t clear whether he would find what he was looking for at either one.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2025
A black motorboat was speeding towards them with no running lights.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
