Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: sped
IPA transcription: [sp'ɛd]
Usage examples
  • Then it sped onwards like an arrow from a bow.
  • Across the evil hollow we sped like a bolt from an arblast.
  • With shining eyes and flushed cheeks, she sped down the fence.
  • The months sped on, and now the anniversary of her father's birthday arrived.
  • She cast one look over her shoulder, saw something turn a corner in the lane, and sped on again.
  • It only remained to go to bed and sleep which everybody did--while the train sped on across the State of California.
  • As the train sped onward, again Elsie laid her head down upon her father's shoulder and wept silently behind her veil.
  • And Athos sprang into the boat, which was immediately pushed off and which soon sped seawards under the efforts of four stalwart rowers.
  • The shot sped straight for the boat, but, striking the water just before it reached her, bounded clear over her and into the sea beyond.
  • These projectiles were rendered additionally deadly by the fact that their heads became automatically magnetic as they sped through the water.