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Free sign up"running swiftly" is correct and it is an example of an adverb modifying the verb "run".
You can use it when you want to describe how someone is running quickly, typically in an imaginative or figurative context. Example: The wind was running swiftly through the night, carrying away her dreams.
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A wary bird, the great bustard is difficult to approach, running swiftly when endangered.
On this night, the river was dark and glassy and running swiftly southward toward New York Harbor.
Even though his horses have won 13 Triple Crown races, including four Kentucky Derbys, Lukas knows that a horse running swiftly for him on any given day is a dicey proposition.
CBI director-general John Cridland urged the government to get the bank running "swiftly", adding that it could "play a vital role in packaging up and selling debt from medium-sized companies, allowing them to access vital finance streams".
We can guess that most of you won't see your bird alive before this year's big feast, but if you did, you'd most likely find yourself running swiftly in the opposite direction.
With regard to outdoor play, given that center-based environments tend to be heavily regulated, staff may be inclined to display increased safety concerns for the children's wellbeing while outdoors, and may therefore limit more vigorous and rambunctious play during care hours (e.g., running, swiftly climbing on jungle gym equipment, etc).
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Seriemas run swiftly over the plains.
'To run swiftly' or 'swiftly to run' is correct; not 'to swiftly run'".
Clayton and Duper can both run swiftly and Marino loves to throw deep to them.
He ran swiftly around the track, and the audience went wild with good feeling.
They can run swiftly and occasionally attack and kill human beings.
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