Sentence examples for a man of speed from inspiring English sources

This is not so in the novel, and for one good reason: Roald Dahl was a man of speed.

These are not the numbers of a man shorn of speed.

Against Tottenham, whose four regularly rotated full-backs are as fond of a rampage up the field as any in their line of work, a man of Montero's speed could find space to exploit them if selected.

Of the trade, Griffith said, "We've sacrificed plenty of speed for a man of tremendous hitting power".

"On a personal level, he was a man of imposing intelligence and exceptional speed of thought.

And while he is possessed of impressive speed for a man of his build, he has not developed the kind of technical ability necessary to upset top-level defenders 1v1; a shame, given his rocket of a right foot when given time and space to get a shot off.

The author of the noted Love You Like A Reptile is, rather against his traditional image (speed-dealing greasemonkey), a man of parts.

In spite of her success against these players Miss Wills would yet be far from a match for Tilden, and the reason is largely because of a man's greater speed in returning and delivering his strokes.

This chapter discusses a case study, where a man was speeding along the fast lane of a freeway in a compact-sized vehicle in clear daylight.

Voids where recharging stations can be spread, distributors of energy that will allow contemporary man, sick of speed, to stop and listen to the silence and collect his thoughts to regenerate himself.

Perhaps, as Wendersc teaches us in an old but beautiful film of his, it is actually in these voids, where all dreams have not yet been realised, that contemporary man, sick of speed and of the inability to stop and rest, might find, alternating between the various time frames, those pauses and gaps that will let him begin to see again.