swifter

Example Sentences

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But few players were swifter around the bases, and managers enlisted him as a pinch runner in close, late-innings games.

From Los Angeles Times

Then Jacob, never wanting to be seen as the helpless little brother, chimes in, “No, Isaac, let it be me who stays behind. I am swifter than you, and I will manage on my own.”

From Literature

Mr Foster said: "My big priority is to continue with the compassion and listening to people and also making sure the compensation scheme is faster, fairer and swifter."

From BBC

"With enormous size, a powerful bite force and stereoscopic vision, T. rex was a formidable predator, but it did not reign uncontested. Darting alongside was Nanotyrannus -- a leaner, swifter and more agile hunter."

From Science Daily

The brokerage says this could yield swifter volume contribution from the Philippine company’s terminals based in Europe, Middle East and Africa, as this terminal is considered to be its largest operation in Africa so far.

From The Wall Street Journal