go like the wind
Example Sentences
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"Probably not as speedy as those new fokkers though; they go like the wind, but they are too light and I doubt if one of them could do us a great deal of harm."
From Fighting in France by Wrenn, Charles L. (Charles Lewis)
He was grateful to you for sparing his life, but his gratitude will go like the wind, and then he will hate you.
From The Hunters of the Hills by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)
They could go like the wind, and the fence was not made that could stop them.
From Back Home by Wood, Eugene
He knew that Jose's pony could go like the wind.
From Ramona by Jackson, Helen Hunt
They can take leg-weary beasts by the tail and make them gallop, one beast encouraging the next until they all go like the wind.
From The Ivory Trail by Mundy, Talbot
