Sentence examples for to be swift from inspiring English sources

In order for the threat of punishment to be an effective deterrent, he wrote, the punishment itself had to be swift, severe, and certain; Beccaria added that certainty and swiftness were the most important of these qualities, and severity the least.

Again, justice has proved to be swift.

To achieve that, the slowdown may have to be swift.

And the changes are unlikely to be swift.

O'Brien's revenge is going to be swift and painful.

It was supposed to be swift and precise and perfect.

It was one of the very first issues to be swift-boated by social conservatives.

"If we are going to be Swift-boated, we should be able to know who is doing it".

But she likes it when the battle is joined, and Mr. Giuliani might push her to show that she would fight back as president, that she would never allow herself to be Swift-boated.

The comet of 1750 had moved too quickly through the sky to be Swift-Tuttle, and the comet of 1737, if it was Swift-Tuttle, had taken a decade too long to come back to Earth.

Speaking at a May conference, C.J. Fraleigh, chief executive of the company's North American retail and food service division, estimated sales of the company's bacon and sausage line, Jimmy Dean, would hit $676 million this year and said Ball Park Franks continue to be swift-sellers.