swiftness
noun
swift·ness
ˈswif(t)-nəs 
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Examples of swiftness in a Sentence
with amazing swiftness, the airline agent got our ticket changed, and we boarded the plane just as it was about to leave
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Of course, the swiftness of their extreme feelings were not lost on them.
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Danielle Jennings, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
With the play, the swiftness of the story and the characters moving around the mansion has to be accomplished with stagecraft.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 4 June 2024
For many people, the rapid shift toward liberalization of marijuana policy, and the swiftness with which Americans have taken up consumption, has been great.
—Marin Cogan, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 22 July 2024
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Danielle Jennings, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
With the play, the swiftness of the story and the characters moving around the mansion has to be accomplished with stagecraft.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 4 June 2024
For many people, the rapid shift toward liberalization of marijuana policy, and the swiftness with which Americans have taken up consumption, has been great.
—Marin Cogan, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
Those talons are going to perforate a colon with a swiftness, and no one wants to go to the emergency room with a gel tip stuck in the rectum.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 22 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for swiftness
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“Swiftness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swiftness. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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