How to Use swiftness in a Sentence

swiftness

noun
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  • The swiftness of the campaign’s about-face may be to blame.
    — Paige Hagy, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2023
  • In a way, the swiftness of her death could be seen as a mercy.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Follow the swiftness of the offers to know just how could Oweh could be.
    — Bill Landis, cleveland.com, 26 Oct. 2017
  • The Sasquatch package takes a toll on straight-line swiftness.
    — Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 28 July 2021
  • The swiftness of the coalescence around Mr. Biden caught the Sanders team off guard.
    — Sydney Ember, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2020
  • The swiftness of this change can be the undoing of any business.
    — Curt Steinhorst, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Moreover, the very swiftness of the response carried a message to the wider world.
    — Charles Krauthammer, Orange County Register, 14 Apr. 2017
  • The Orioles aren’t known for their swiftness in making any move.
    — Eduardo A. Encina, baltimoresun.com, 6 July 2018
  • And if the swiftness of the process doesn't convince you, let Christina Aguilera and Liz Phair do the honors.
    — Billboard, 16 Sep. 2020
  • One Russian soldier in the unit said he was shocked by the swiftness of the Ukrainian attack.
    — Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2022
  • With a predatory swiftness, the drone darts inside the house.
    — Elliott Ackerman, Wired, 30 Oct. 2020
  • The swiftness of the change took Gorbachev himself by surprise.
    — Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Sullivan said Friday that he was struck by the swiftness and breadth of Barr’s plan.
    — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 29 June 2019
  • Wiseheart said the current differs depending on the scope and swiftness of the storms.
    — Kenzie Winstead, The Courier-Journal, 24 Apr. 2018
  • In the pilot, our characters came and went with such swiftness.
    — Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com, 29 Mar. 2022
  • With space and swiftness in mind, the designers begin their work.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 24 June 2023
  • But the swiftness of the rising floodwaters was a challenge.
    — New York Times, 26 July 2022
  • This is a very different crisis, both in swiftness and in breadth.
    — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2020
  • However, the swiftness of the storms should mitigate the threat of flooding.
    — Alex Mann, baltimoresun.com, 4 June 2021
  • The equity sell-off in March was unmatched in its swiftness: stocks lost 30% of their value in a month.
    — The Economist, 16 Dec. 2020
  • Conceived in the nineteen-eighties, the format grew with promising swiftness in the nineties.
    — Colin Marshall, The New Yorker, 6 July 2023
  • Bell was surprised by the swiftness of what occurred Thursday.
    — cleveland, 13 Jan. 2022
  • If that’s the case, Johnson’s play perhaps best mimics a gazelle, known for its swiftness and agility.
    — Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Nov. 2021
  • But the swiftness of the government’s actions belied Mr. Xi’s sang-froid.
    — Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Boedker, who was supposed to bring dynamic swiftness to the team, was scratched.
    — Mark Purdy, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2017
  • There’s something other than swiftness, though, to Michell’s method.
    — The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2022
  • The swiftness by which the Astros dismissed the Rangers in '18, however, is a little more eye-raising.
    — Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram, 10 June 2018
  • But the swiftness of the news cycle suggests otherwise.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2017
  • Your swiftness and efficiency will go a long way in getting that ‘yes’ your team needs.
    — Nathan Peart, Forbes, 28 June 2022
  • Rashidi adds that threading is ideal for those with sensitive or acne-prone skin, as the swiftness of the threads moving along the skin lessens the chance of irritation and ingrown hairs.
    — Audrey Noble, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Aug. 2023

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