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How to pronounce hurtle in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms hurl, lunge, thrust
Type of move
Has types dart, riposte
Type Words
Synonyms cast, hurl
Type of throw
Has types crash, precipitate, bowl, dash, sling, catapult
Type Words
Type of travel, go, locomote, move


The cars hurtled by.

Examples of hurtle

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Skiers dart along trails that wind through trees and hurtle over rock outcrops.
From the usatoday.com
The new law will hurtle us somewhere, just probably not where Congress intends.
From the online.wsj.com
You reach down and take a small hand, and joined, you hurtle toward the future.
From the newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com
Waterfalls hurtle down the cliffs, sometimes washing away trees with their force.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Girls rarely hurtle through the air, rather they float by like Chagall figures.
From the time.com
Which has been a real revelation for me as I turn 40 and hurtle towards my dotage.
From the guardian.co.uk
Hurtle Myrtle will also be among the top chances after her win in the Dane Ripper.
From the couriermail.com.au
America's bosses hurtle importantly about in powerful Mercedes, Ferraris and BMWs.
From the economist.com
The thing to remember, she remarks, is how to crouch in case rocks hurtle our way.
From the nzherald.co.nz
More examples
  • Move with or as if with a rushing sound; "The cars hurtled by"
  • Lunge: make a thrusting forward movement
  • Hurl: throw forcefully
  • A fast movement in literal or figurative sense; A clattering sound; To move rapidly, violently, or without control; To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle; To make a threatening sound, like the clash of arms; to make a sound as of confused clashing or confusion; to resound; To ...
  • To move rapidly to the scene of a roister. Among famous hurtles that have taken place in roistering circles was the 'second Avenue Pipe Band' in New York. ...