Definition: 1. Small plain-colored bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight. 2. Common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks. 3. Moving very fast.
Use 'swift' in a sentence:
1. This problem calls for swift action from the government.
2. They could sail out for days into the unknown and assess the area, secure in the knowledge that if they didn't find anything, they could turn about and catch a swift ride back on the trade winds.
3. The triumph of sound cinema was swift, complete, and enormously popular.
4. Obviously, that was not Connie Swift at the White House.
5. Our task is to challenge the UN to make a swift decision.
6. The current is swift.; It's a strong current.
7. The state of the economy calls for a bold and swift action, and we will act—not only to create new jobs but to lay a new foundation for growth.
8. He plunged into the swift current and rescued one child after another.
9. He is swift with his judgments.
10. In the 1980s Johnson & Johnson's swift recall of Tylenol capsules, after some packs had been laced with poison, made it a model for crisis management.
11. Light and shade come in swift alternation; Days and months flash by as quickly as a weaver's shuttle.; Light travels like an arrow, and time like a shuttle.
12. We laugh when a great satirist like Swift writes about war in Gulliver's Travels.
13. Her husband is cautious, never making a swift decision about anything.
14. A brave fellow is as good as his words, a swift horse needs no spurring.
15. After the election there was a swift transfer of power.
16. The flood roared on, swift and violent.
17. The White House was swift to deny the rumours.
18. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
19. It is, true, the period of his life that established his name and fortune, that swift rise from undergraduate cabaret turn to star host on both sides of the Atlantic.
20. Necessity will force the swift adoption of more efficient ones.
21. He is very sharp, a quick thinker and swift with repartee.
22. We must take swift actions to protect endangered species.
23. Hearing footsteps, the two thieves made a swift exit.
24. Swift often does it at her concerts.
25. Swift said the growing sophistication among biotech investors presented an opportunity for a more specialist investment fund.
26. The current is swift.
27. The current is swiftest in the middle of the river.
28. They gave a swift reply.
29. She is very thankful to her security team and the police for their swift and diligent response.
30. The police were swift to act.
31. Taylor's swift action helped her teammates calm down ．
32. The swift growth of this merchant marine diversified the northern colonial economy and made it more self-sufficient.
33. He was not swift of foot; his figure was unfortunately recognisable.
34. The operation is being seen as a swift riposte to the killing of a senior army commander.
35. "The ‘ hand heart'gesture means something between ‘ I love you'and ‘ thank you'," said Taylor Swift, the country singer.
36. Jaegers are swift black birds with long forked tails.
37. Very swift lizard of eastern and central United States.
38. With a swift movement, Matthew Jerrold sat upright.
39. The college boasts alumni like author Jonathan Swift and philosopher George Berkeley, the namesake of what is now the University of California—Berkeley.
40. There's been swift reaction from several countries.
41. The motorboat cut across swift currents and skirted dangerous reefs.
42. They will be swift with swiftness of the tigress.
43. Thanks for your swift action.
44. If the government does not yield, it should face sufficient military force to ensure its certain and swift defeat.
45. The government took swift action.
46. Political hopes for a swift and smooth transition to democracy have been dashed.
