How to Use swiftly in a Sentence

swiftly

adverb
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  • 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
  • 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
  • Madolyn swiftly whips out her gun and apprehends him after taking a taser to his neck.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2024
  • Officials acted swiftly, and with the help of the general public, were able to track down the woman.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Olympic rules were swiftly revised to bar such appalling fun from future Games.
    — David O. Stewart, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 July 2024
  • Per King, Griffith swiftly kicked her shin under the table.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 31 Oct. 2024

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