How to Use high-speed in a Sentence

high-speed

adjective

• Japan opened the world’s first high-speed rail in 1964.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
• The decade saw the birth of the world’s first high-speed rail and the hosting of the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics.
  — Emiko Jozuka For Cnn, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
• Plus, the All-Clad can up the ante even more with a high-speed Turbo button,.
  — Megan Wahn, Bon Appétit, 9 Feb. 2024
• That led to a high-speed, wrong-way chase along the Ferguson Slide bridge.
  — Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 19 Feb. 2024
• More road trips are made via high-speed train than by flying.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
• After 25 minutes, the high-speed chase ended when the truck’s front tires hit the spike bars and went flat.
  — Tamia Fowlkes, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
• The video splices clips of the high-speed races with videos of the performer singing along to the lyrics, and appearances from the UK DJ himself.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2023
• The team set up high-speed cameras that could capture footage of the birds at up to 500 frames per second.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Nov. 2023
• Koehn describes it as a wispy layer of high-speed gas that’s coming off the Sun.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 8 Apr. 2024
• Whoosh is Indonesia’s new high-speed rail line, which opened last fall.
  — Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
• She was impressed by the abundance of high-speed trains and electric buses.
  — Cate Cadell, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024
• Kenya is deeply in debt to China after taking out a loan to build a high-speed railway.
  — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
• The new projects would bring passenger trains in the US one step closer to high-speed rail systems in Europe and Asia.
  — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Dec. 2023
• To fly, the drone needs high-speed propellers to throw a lot of lightweight air around as fast as possible.
  — Harry Guinness, Popular Science, 8 June 2023
• When the jets do come equipped with high-speed satellite Wi-Fi, passengers can purchase it for $8 for the entire flight.
  — Stella Shon, Travel + Leisure, 13 Nov. 2023
• Another option is to take the train from Paris and then transfer to a high-speed train to reach cities in Italy such as Milan or Rome.
  — Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
• Ground was broken Monday on what is said to be America’s first high-speed rail.
  — Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo, Quartz, 23 Apr. 2024
• Feldman’s first day on set involved spraying Lawrence in the face with mace and then dousing her with a high-speed garden hose.
  — Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2023
• Neel Kashkari smashed a wind-up toy train and handed out gas cards to protest high-speed rail during his 2014 run for governor.
  — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2024
• The driver, believed to be Garcia, sped away, kicking off a high-speed pursuit.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2023
• There had been high-speed pursuits before on L.A. freeways.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
• Despite this, air has enough heft to ensure that high-speed hurricane winds can lift whole houses clean off the ground.
  — Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2024
• By Train The cities of Italy are connected by an expansive high-speed rail network.
  — Julia Buckley, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2023
• Williams, who was known for his high-speed wit and comedic genius, would take on the role of Mrs. Doubtfire in the early nineties and catapult the film to legendary success.
  — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2023
• Other than that, there really isn’t much to choose from in this high-speed touring market.
  — Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2023
• Police chased them to Washington Avenue, where the driver tried to make a high-speed turn onto Fig Street.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2023
• Its 23 lifts include an eight-person and 10-person gondola, one high-speed six pack, and eight quads.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2024
• The Voyage, a high-speed wooden roller coaster, is a must for serious thrill seekers.
  — Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 19 Nov. 2023
• Most bullet train money — state bonds and federal grants — can be used only for high-speed rail.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2023
• Explosive effort has gone up around five per cent or six per cent; high-speed running has gone up five per cent or six per cent.
  — Simon Akam, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024