How to Use swiftly in a Sentence

swiftly

adverb
  • Because of the tight timetable, the case may move swiftly to the Arizona Supreme Court.
    — Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2022
  • After the third or fourth shots the bulls turned and trotted swiftly up the slope.
    — Tom Stacer, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
  • So was Fiennes, who read the script in three days and swiftly agreed to do it.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024
  • With prices for food and gas rising swiftly, the Fed has no choice but to act.
    — Anneken Tappe, CNN, 13 Mar. 2022
  • But the ice cream truck, ran by a man named Alex, swiftly took that business.
    — Camryn Brewer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The House is expected to swiftly pass it and send it on to Biden's desk.
    — Rachel Scott, ABC News, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The firefighter swiftly caught up to the dog and brought her to safety.
    — Raven Brunner, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The justices differed about whether the court had moved swiftly enough.
    — New York Times, 10 Dec. 2021
  • The government is trying to act swiftly to blunt the pain.
    — Ben Evansky, Fox News, 13 May 2022
  • Five of them were swiftly contained at less than half an acre.
    — The Arizona Republic, 7 July 2023
  • But to be successful the two sides of the Atlantic must swiftly close the yawning gap of trust.
    — Wolfgang Ischinger, Foreign Affairs, 2 Mar. 2025
  • If someone does again, Welch said the city is ready to respond swiftly.
    — Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The Coyotes swiftly jumped on board and are now in the second season of the partnership.
    — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Smith has asked the justices to move swiftly, given the March 4 trial date.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2023
  • If the commission were to do that, the lawmakers could swiftly block the rules.
    — Patrick Marley, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2022
  • The man responds by swiftly punching McFall, who falls to the floor.
    — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Amhara officials moved swiftly to take over the region when the war broke out.
    — Rodney Muhumuza, ajc, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Trump was swiftly removed from the area once the shots were fired, according to the filing.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 23 Sep. 2024
  • And there’s a process that helps potters produce more swiftly.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2023
  • With a little prep, things will go swiftly and smoothly.
    — WIRED, 22 Oct. 2022
  • The test of that promise is whether Congress will act swiftly, or let the weapons get bogged down in a parochial fight over Covid-19 funding.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 2 May 2022
  • That’s because this pathogen tends to spread swiftly and stealthily.
    — Korin Miller, SELF, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Moira ran down swiftly and lightly, with a jangle of her heels on the iron, to the bottom, which was still about six feet off the ground, in an open yard at the side of the pub.
    — Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 23 June 2024
  • When it had been lowered into the ground, the mourners tossed in handfuls of dirt, then watched as the workers swiftly filled the hole with soil.
    — Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Israel dealt with it swiftly this year, killing the technician with an airstrike.
    — Mark Mazzetti, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
  • But before Facebook could break up with him, the 70-year-old strongman ruler swiftly ditched the platform first.
    — Time, 5 July 2023
  • Since then, the mammals, who are highly adaptable and can live in towns and cities as well as forests and grasslands, have bred swiftly.
    — Jack Guy, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Many of those changes took hold swiftly after the 2001 Ballard verdict.
    — Genna Contino, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2024
  • The alliance has more than twice the military forces of Russia, and European leaders are increasing defense spending and moving more swiftly than at any point since the end of the Cold War to ramp up weapons production.
    — Josh Holder, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The first followed the Civil War, promising economic empowerment to freed slaves — promises that were swiftly broken.
    — Andre Johnson Jr., Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2025

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