Use faster in a sentence
Sentences starting with faster
- Faster and faster, vying with one another, they moved at the double or at a trot, vanishing amid the clouds of dust they raised and making the air ring with a deafening roar of mingling shouts. [2]
- Faster still the two troykas flew side by side, and faster moved the feet of the galloping side horses. [2]
- Faster and faster they stepped, each forgetful of self and place, until the waltz came suddenly to a stop. [9]
- Faster and faster she turned, and at last the Indian lifted his knife from the stone. [11]
- Faster and faster I sank in a dizzy, sickening whirl into an unfathomable space of gloom. [4]
Sentences ending with faster
- He touched them with the whip, and they went faster. [11]
- Ah yes, it was plain--Ba'tiste was a woodsman and plainsman, and could go far more safely than a constable, and faster. [11]
- When he wished to please, they sparkled with a warm--I might almost say tender-light, which must have made many a young heart throb faster. [10]
- As soon as their stomachs had been properly reinforced with food, their spirits began to rise fast; when the mead began to go round they rose faster. [5]
- The lights in the streets and shops made them feel yet more desolate, for with their help, night and darkness seemed to come on faster. [12]
- At any rate, the sight of these young gods of leisure, the contemplation of the stolid butler and plush footmen in the background never failed to make Lise's heart beat faster. [9]
- The men in the Russian army were so worn out by this continuous marching at the rate of twenty-seven miles a day that they could not go any faster. [2]
- The pack was taken from the sorrel mare and divided among the party, and Polly Ann made to ride that we might move the faster. [9]
- His blood was sluggish, but it could be made to beat faster. [9]
- M'sieu' saw and pull, but they go the faster. [11]
Short sentences using faster
- Janet's heart beat faster. [9]
- Let us walk faster. [10]
- I got along faster then. [5]
- And drive faster, blockhead! [2]
- Faster, Lysias, faster! [10]
- Faster. [12]
- Faster, sirrah! [5]
Sentences containing faster two or more times
- Hardly had they reached the bottom of the hill before their pace instinctively changed to a gallop, which grew faster and faster as they drew nearer to our Uhlans and the French dragoons who galloped after them. [2]
- She wept with rage at her own impotence; and her tears flowed faster and faster as she more fully realized how lonely she was, and what a blow this must be to her father. [10]
- I lay there on the pilot-house floor, while the shots came faster and faster. [5]
- Yet when the nurse asked whether she did not think he looked well and vigorous, and withal more manly in appearance, it seemed as though he had really grown taller, and his heart beat faster and faster. [10]
- The horseman was in scarlet from head to foot; and with his coming the herd went faster, and ever faster, until they vanished into the mountain-side; and they who pursued drew in their trembling horses and stared at each other with wonder in their faces. [11]
- Berenike drew the flax from the distaff, at first slowly, then faster and faster. [10]
- Flattered by these fancies, she forgot every care as she walked faster and faster to and fro in her tent. [10]
- But the faster Edward died out of public knowledge and interest, the faster George rose in them. [5]
- Singing a rhythmical dancing-tune, with the upper portion of the body bent forward, and executing dainty steps with their feet, they circled faster and faster around the furious house-keeper. [10]
- Every step must be a thing of beauty, every bend and rising, while the double flutes play faster and faster, and the measured rhythm becomes a wild whirl. [10]
More example sentences with the word faster in them
- Limited trains are wonderful enough; but what shall be said of the modern mind, that travels faster than light? [9]
- He now gazed with eager observation down the path which, as the day approached, stood out with increasing clearness from the surrounding shades, and his heart began to beat faster as he perceived a figure approaching the well, with rapid steps. [10]
- True a flatboat will float faster than an egg shell and the egg shell might be blown away by the wind, but if under the same influence they would go the same way. [7]
- Kitty Tynan's eyes were fixed on him as though hypnotised, and the Young Doctor was scarcely less interested; while the widow knitted harder and faster than she had ever done, and she could knit very fast indeed. [11]
- The old lady waved her fan faster, and her projecting chin trembled. [10]
- At first we used to shin for the holes a good deal faster than we did afterwards. [5]
- He swam quartering upstream, but still was swept downward rather faster than he had expected. [5]
- I woke him up and started him into a faster walk, and then the villainy of his nature came out again. [5]
- The longer the unsuccessful efforts lasted, the more evident became the superior smile on Ulrich's lips, the faster his heart throbbed. [10]
- And very fatiguing, too; for we had tried hard, along at first, to catch up with the guide, but had only fagged ourselves, in vain; for although he was traveling slowly he was yet able to go faster than the hampered caravan over such ground. [5]
- Again I cried to her to set me down; but though her heart beat faster and her breath came shorter, she held me the tighter. [9]
- My imagination began to construct dangers out of nothing, and they multiplied faster than I could keep the run of them. [5]
- His heart began to beat wildly, the blood rushed faster through his veins; he hid his face in his hands, and recalled every glance, every word from her lips. [10]
- Her heart began to beat faster, and at the same time questions crowded on her excited brain, each bringing with it fresh anxiety for those she loved, of whom, till now, she had been thinking with calm reassurance. [10]
- Her heart began to beat faster again, and her dread of her own weakness revived. [10]
- Unwillingly her hand tightened under his, and her blood beat faster and her color came and went as they two moved as one. [9]
- He says the through express made the run faster thirty years ago. [9]
- Perhaps--her pulses again throbbed faster at the thought--he had not ventured to come alone because some feeling for her stirred in his own heart, and, spite of his beautiful young wife, he did not feel safe from her. [10]
- You can alter this by muscular power, as you can take hold of the pendulum of a clock and make it move faster or slower; but your ordinary gait is timed by the same mechanism as the movements of the solar system. [6]
- The manner of these acts and the generous courage with which she defied opinion appealed to him so strongly that his heart was beating faster than Pepper's hoof-beats on the turf of the pasture. [9]
- Finally Erasistratus persuaded the matron, who seemed to have forgotten her previous exhaustion, to share the consultation, but the convalescent's heart throbbed faster as he watched the famous leeches. [10]
- I dare say the material works up faster now, and in a season or two you won't know the Dryfooses from the other plutocrats. [8]
- Sin travels faster than they that ride in chariots. [4]
- Life spills faster than the years," he said. [11]
- He strode faster than the regiments with their load of prisoners, and presently he found himself abreast the little file of dragoons who were guarded by some of Blair's men. [9]
- That fellow can talk faster than a side-show, ticket-seller at a circus. [9]
- Coming to the surface, he made straight for the boat faster than I could reel in, and evidently with hostile intentions. [4]
- Baptism had given such sanctification to his life that he longed to lead the daughter of the only woman for whom his heart had ever beat a shade faster, to the baptismal font. [10]
- And some are strong in faith and hope, so that, as they draw near the next world, they would fair hurry toward it, as the caravan moves faster over the sands when the foremost travellers send word along the file that water is in sight. [6]
- They advanced more slowly than before but faster than the people could walk. [10]
- From the land side help might come at any hour, and at every roll of wheels along the road her heart beat faster and hope sprang up anew. [4]
- I have not seen animals that moved faster, unless I might say it of the antelopes of our own great plains. [5]
- The nearer the sedan-chair came to the Ortlieb mansion the faster her heart beat, for that very day, probably within the next few hours, the abbess would compel her to choose between her father's house and the convent. [10]
- Though the sun ride fast towards noon, faster shall we ride in the Neck of Baroob," said the hillsman. [11]
- But it would require no ready cash, nor the bonds even any faster than the emancipation progresses. [7]
- At last she remained alone in the great court; her heart beat faster unusual, and strange and weighty thoughts were stirring in her soul. [10]
- Thus time alone relieves a debtor nation, so long as its population increases faster than unpaid interest accumulates on its debt. [7]
- But my blood ran faster at the thought of sailing under such a captain. [9]
- Lee is now passing the Potomac faster than the forces you mention are passing Carlisle. [7]
- The more they overwork themselves, the more exacting becomes the sense of duty,--as the draught of the locomotive's furnace blows stronger and makes the fire burn more fiercely, the faster it spins along the track. [6]
- There are two opposite ways by which some men make a figure in the world: one, by talking faster than they think, and the other, by holding their tongues and not thinking at all. [4]
- So long as one still has a doublet left compassion is in no haste, but when the last shirt is stripped from the body charity--thank the saints!--moves faster. [10]
- So I started on my hands and knees, because I could go faster that way, and with more confidence, too, and not knock down things. [5]
- Under the influence of the fresh air and the quiet of the woods her spirits rose, her pulse beat faster, though a sense of foreboding and sorrow hovered round her. [11]
- In the intervals of the dance the count, breathing deeply, waved and shouted to the musicians to play faster. [2]
- In an agony of terror, Honora followed, her head on fire, her heart pounding faster than the hoof beats. [9]
- Whenever he thought of it, his pulses beat faster with indignation, and a deep resentment possessed him. [11]
- And the bearers of ill ride faster than the messengers of weal. [10]
- I was not of a rank to make suggestions, or I would have suggested that if we went faster we should get by sooner. [5]
- He sped faster now, and presently came to two great doors, on which he knocked thrice. [11]
- The stream may not flow any faster because it is dammed, but it exhibits at the obstructed points greater appearance of agitation. [4]
- My heart beat no faster, there was no tumult in my brain, and yet--my breath caught strangely. [9]
- Material for the new book would grow faster with Twichell as a companion; and these two in spite of their widely opposed views concerning Providence and the general scheme of creation, were wholly congenial comrades. [5]
- His heart had never throbbed faster or with more joyous anticipation than on the nocturnal ride which led him to his father and the woman he loved, and on reaching his goal, instead of the utmost happiness, he now found only bitter disappointment. [10]
- The Vekeel Obada moves faster than they do, and the power lies in his hands so long as Amru is absent from Egypt. [10]
- Yonder, thousands of miles away in Syria, there were the Hills of Lebanon; and there was one phrase which made every Syrian heart beat faster, if he were on the march. [11]
- Pretty Pierre had merely shrugged his shoulders at the suggestion, and had said: "'Nom de Dieu,' the higher we go the faster we live, that is something. [11]
- For no other man than Dingan had her blood run faster, and he had made her life blossom. [11]
- It would not make my blood flow faster, it would freeze it in my veins. [10]
- There were a lot of incidents in my career to help me along --sometimes they helped me along faster than I wanted to go. [5]
- And once, when it was turning faster than common and Ivie not there to prevent, I near lost my hold at the top, and was thrown at the bottom with such force that I lay stunned for a full minute. [9]
- Somebody suggested that it must be a company of soldiers from the fort, and so we accepted that solution and jogged along a little faster still, for they could not be far off now. [5]
- There is something in that,--said I.--Only I rather think life can coin thought somewhat faster than I can count it off in words. [6]
- For my part, I used to like a grindstone that "wabbled" a good deal on its axis, for when I turned it fast, it put the grinder on a lively lookout for cutting his hands, and entirely satisfied his desire that I should "turn faster. [4]
- I realize that I am growing old, and perhaps the world is changing faster than I imagine. [9]
- Balashev noticed that his left leg was quivering faster than before and his face seemed petrified in its stern expression. [2]
- She played with him so adroitly that Harry thought she was absorbed in love for him, and yet he was amazed that he did not get on faster in his conquest. [5]
- My heart beat higher and faster. [10]
- When she found herself listening for it, her heart beat faster. [9]
- Guida's face lighted, her heart beat faster. [11]
- But, if his heart throbbed faster for any one, it was Barbara. [10]
- But the frozen heart had now begun to beat again, nay it pulsed faster than ever; for suddenly the leonine warrior, toward whom she had just felt such bitter hatred, had again become, as if by a miracle, the friend of her youth. [10]
- Yet every man's heart beat faster as they came to the place where the ambush was. [11]
- You're fat and healthy and making money faster than you can gather it in. [9]
- He snatched them, he jerked them this way and that, he booted them around, he knocked them sprawling faster than they could get up. [5]
- No word you have said has made my heart beat faster. [11]
- A man couldn't have a faster horse or keener dog. [13]
- But she only half listened and answered absently, for she breathed faster as she pictured to herself how she would show Caesar, on whom she had already proved her power, that she had ceased to tremble before him. [10]
- I think I grew to hate him because he could not travel faster, that days were lost, and death crept on so pitilessly. [11]
- One of the greatest perplexities of the government is to avoid receiving troops faster than it can provide for them. [7]
- Her eyes turned from one to another of the young gentlemen who paid her court and they were many--and the longer silence reigned the faster came her breath and the hotter waxed her ire. [10]
- It is hopeless for the occasional visitor to try to keep up with Chicago--she outgrows his prophecies faster than he can make them. [5]
- Love is good for dispersing melancholy, and makes the blood flow faster. [10]
- But almost the first line enchained her attention, and as she read, her heart beat faster, and her face became scarlet. [4]
- He could run faster, jump higher, hit harder, and hold more tangle-foot whisky without spilling it than any man in seventeen counties. [5]
- Wyndham's heart beat faster, his blood flowed quicker, he strangled a sigh in his breast. [11]
- Let us walk faster, for, to keep him waiting--" Andreas here interrupted her, saying, "If I am not greatly mistaken, there is the Roman, in that open chariot, coming down the incline. [10]
- Her heart beat faster, for there was a look in his eyes she had never seen before--a look of human helplessness, of deep anxiety. [11]
- Austen's blood ran faster, but it was characteristic of him that he tried to steady himself, for he was a Vane. [9]
- Her heart throbbed faster, and she felt more deeply than ever how warmly she loved him. [10]
- His heart throbbed faster, and he thought that he had seen no fairer prospect in all the wide tract of earth over which he had wandered during the past five years. [10]
- Her heart beat faster with disappointment; and yet she would not condemn the sinner unheard. [10]
- Her heart throbbed faster when she thought of the meeting with Antony, now close at hand; for Charmian had gone with the Nubian to invite him to join her again. [10]
- His heart beat faster than it did yesterday when the old sergeant faced him. [11]
- The tears flowed faster still from the countess' eyes. [2]
- His heart throbbed faster as he entered Red Cock Street. [10]
- His heart throbbed faster and more anxiously, but suddenly seemed to stand still, for a low voice had called his name. [10]
- Nay, and the fair young daughter of the house ne'er cast an eye on the stranger guest, whose presence had been wont to stir every maiden's heart to beat faster. [10]
- And, at last, even Melissa seemed to be losing the presence of mind he had admired, for he saw her bosom heave faster and higher, her lips quivered, and her large eyes sparkled through tears. [10]
- Every statesman who drove into their little mountain village and stopped at the tannery house made their blood beat faster. [9]
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