(1) On high the great white clouds slid swiftly.

(2) Large flakes of snow began swiftly to fall.

(3) He swiftly divested himself of his clothes.

(4) He changed direction swiftly, turned into the hallway and headed her off.

(5) The police must be able to react swiftly in an emergency.

(6) They saw a little carp swimming swiftly in the stream.

(7) The disgraced minister walked swiftly from the car to his house pursued by a whole posse of reporters.

(8) Unchallenged wisdoms flow swiftly among the middle classes.

(9) Lenny moved swiftly and silently across the front lawn.

(10) The fuel gauges dropped swiftly.

(11) He had swiftly risen to prominence during the 1950s.

(12) She heard Mitch's swiftly indrawn breath.

(13) The ball twisted swiftly from the pitcher's hand.

(14) He swiftly chided himself for such thoughts.

(15) Surprise was swiftly followed by outrage.

(16) The trial was swiftly brought to an end.

(17) She moved swiftly to the rescue.

(18) The wheels were turning swiftly.

(19) The horses were swiftly corralled.

(20) The fuel gages dropped swiftly.

(21) The revolt was swiftly quashed by government troops.

(22) She ran swiftly over the lawn to the gate.

(23) He recovered swiftly under the nurse's expert ministrations.

(24) News of the explosion spread swiftly.

(25) Two of the soldiers swiftly began making a sweep of the premises.

(26) She interrupted swiftly before his temper could boil over again.

(27) He took a short length of rope and swiftly tied a slip knot.

(28) The City acted swiftly to the news of a fall in the value of sterling.

(29) Any trouble hereabouts is swiftly dealt with by the police.

(30) We watched the building vanish under a mantle of thick grey smoke as the fire swiftly moved through it.