Sentence examples for for swiftness from inspiring English sources

The states' desire for swiftness and certainty is understandable.

Mr Rehnquist's taste for swiftness and finality, though not necessarily for the ultimate sanction, seems to suit him to this job perfectly.

Star chamber stood for swiftness and power; it was not a competitor of the common law so much as a limitation on it—a reminder that high state policy could not safely be entrusted to a system so chancy as English law..

Horses were selected for swiftness and endurance.

The phrase "as fast as a Corinthian", penned by the comic playwright Aristophanes, indicates that the trackway was common knowledge and had acquired a reputation for swiftness.

The struggle for survival between cooperators and defectors leads to an arms race for swiftness in adjusting social ties, based purely on a self-regarding, individual judgement.

The swallow is also notably cited in several of William Shakespeare's plays for the swiftness of its flight; for example: "True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings" from Act 5 of Richard III, and "I have horse will follow where the game Makes way, and run like swallows o'er the plain".

There have always been rich people in America, but there is no historical precedent for the swiftness and scale of wealth creation for a concentrated few today.

J. Craig Venter J. Craig Venter 's fondness for speedboats has become legendary a ready metaphor for the swiftness with which his Celera Genomics sequenced the human genome.

Mr. O'Neal's ascent — through hard work and the cultivation of crucial relationships — was unusual for its swiftness.

The ABB's hit men were nicknamed "sparrow squads" for their swiftness and skill at fluttering out of the hands of police.