dashing

Example Sentences

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Actually, a lot of assets are dashing investors’ expectations regarding how they should behave during such a difficult period.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 21, 2026

Crypto executives careened around the U.A.E. capital, dashing between a half-dozen different conferences, a “Whale Only” night at a secluded beach club, and champagne-soaked parties aboard superyachts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025

Hours after he was pardoned, Cuellar filed for re-election as a Democrat, dashing Republicans' hope that he might switch parties and pad their narrow majority in the House of Representatives.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025

Rod Gilfry, once a dashing Rodolfo and a singer who has long been everything you can imagine, made comic turns, perfectly timed, as the old landlord, Benoit, and as Musetta’s hapless rich lover, Alcindoro.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

Fear must have frizzled out the thinking part of my brain, because next thing I knew, I was dashing toward that wolf.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson