Example Sentences

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The Turners, who spent time at the homes of two friends in addition to the convention center, were hurtling through a storm of emotions, including a touch of guilt.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2025

It was fantastically spacious, as if he were hurtling through the air in an apartment.

From Slate • Feb. 29, 2020

Lots of things were hurtling toward it and squeezing through it and then hurtling out the other side.”

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2014

We were hurtling toward Spokane at 65 mph, 30 minutes from his parents’ house, when our conversation took this turn:

From Salon • Jan. 8, 2014

As if a flying object were hurtling toward his face, he flinched.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman