Sentence examples for a few rapid from inspiring English sources

All three pieces have long periods of near silence with a few rapid bursts of fire that burn out above an ocean of quiet contemplation.

Miss Gish enters; and in a few rapid sentences, hurried and alarmed, we learn that Delia loves another man, Clem, who loves her, but that she will not change her course.

After he fired off a few rapid questions -- like "How big is your home?" and "Do you have an animal that sheds hair?" and "Carpet or wood floors?" -- Mr. Bagnall recommended a Miele S251 Plus canister model with an electric power brush with a swivel head.

He takes a few rapid sniffs before sipping carefully and considering the flavor.

The grade-two river flows gently through a scenic gorge and past a medieval village and a ruined mill, while a few rapids make sure you don't relax too much.

Obviously, that isn't a good thing, but after a few rapid-fire opening and closings, it seems to have stopped creaking — hopefully permanently.

Careful listeners interested in science, however, were rewarded with a few rapid-fire lines midway through the speech--just after a promise to help American farmers and before a pledge to squash the Y2K computer bug.

For a few patients, rapid access was the only priority.

Let's note a few in rapid-fire fashion: Data struggles with the social.

There were a few more rapids and falls, which we took more carefully, but one of them was so much fun we had to do it twice.

The first few rapids were a little scary, and then I was able to relax into it, enjoying the crashing and twirling of the boat.