Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A preterit and past participle of speed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- imp. & p. p. of
speed .
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
speed .
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Examples
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The title sped about; it was repeated, commented on.
His Masterpiece ��mile Zola 1871
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We see the weeping of the 7 million who lined the tracks as the train sped past.
James Swanson's "Bloody Crimes," reviewed by John Waugh John C. Waugh 2010
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Like every other night, I sped from the sea to drift along the road that winds its way beyond the Baptism Pool and the Reservoir high into the hills behind the town.
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The train sped up on a slight decline and June curled her arm around her siblings, spooning them tightly.
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We see the weeping of the 7 million who lined the tracks as the train sped past.
James Swanson's "Bloody Crimes," reviewed by John Waugh John C. Waugh 2010
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This presidential race was no contest: John McCain sped to the finish while Barack Obama was reluctant to leave the starting point.
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Three days after the meeting I called the sped director.
Knowing Jesse Marianne Leone 2010
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Our insta-friend peeled off, and Frida -- the Westfalia van that accompanies us everywhere during our months of Mexico and whose hero is the art maven Frida Kahlo - tooted an appreciative adios as we sped from the cobblestones to the pavement leading south.
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Our insta-friend peeled off, and Frida -- the Westfalia van that accompanies us everywhere during our months of Mexico and whose hero is the art maven Frida Kahlo - tooted an appreciative adios as we sped from the cobblestones to the pavement leading south.
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This presidential race was no contest: John McCain sped to the finish while Barack Obama was reluctant to leave the starting point.
McCain Beats Obama in Race of Hissing Cockroaches | Disinformation 2008
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