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
• So was Fiennes, who read the script in three days and swiftly agreed to do it.
  — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024
• 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
• Five of them were swiftly contained at less than half an acre.
  — The Arizona Republic, 7 July 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Ever the pro, Clarkson swiftly recovered and finished the rest of her set at the closed-door event, decked out in the same lacy black outfit.
  — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2023
• Prigozhin and his men swiftly captured Rostov-on-Don, the southern Russian city in June.
  — Artem Grudinin, NBC News, 26 Aug. 2023
• Within seconds, the man then wound up his arm and attacked Paul in front of the policemen, who swiftly moved in and tackled the assailant to the ground.
  — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
• The show moved swiftly along, almost as if folks were hurrying to get somewhere else.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 16 Jan. 2024
• This particular trope about Biden and Ukraine and the bribe that wasn’t is unlikely to die off swiftly.
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2024
• If approved there, it will be signed by President Joe Biden, who urged the Senate to act swiftly.
  — Kevin Freking, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2022
• But the motion went swiftly to a vote after only brief debate.
  — CBS News, 12 June 2024
• That didn’t fit into Legendary’s plan to move swiftly onto the next monster tag team.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2024
• This is one reason why many bear hunters hunted on horseback to keep up with the chase and reach the bay site as swiftly as possible.
  — Buckley T. Foster Special To The Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 29 Sep. 2024
• Swift, for her part, made her displeasure known … swiftly.
  — Jessica Derschowitz, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2023
• Rescue and relief teams swiftly mobilized to the site of the accident, where the bus sat mangled on a rocky slope near a stream.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
• Trump has pledged to swiftly end conflict in the region upon taking office.
  — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 1 Dec. 2024
• In both cases, the incredulity at what had just happened swiftly gave way to morbid curiosity about what might happen next, if the jihadists proceeded to the capital.
  — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024